UK workforce: Ballots are open for members of the Royal College of Nursing to vote on whether to go on strike in response to the government’s latest pay offer. Voting closes June 23. A separate strike ballot by RMT among 10,000 subway workers ends.
Bank of England: Governor Andrew Bailey, Chief Economist Huw Pill and members of the Monetary Policy Committee Silvana Tenreyro and Catherine Mann take questions from the House of Commons Treasury Committee on rising interest rates this month.
Literature: The winner of the International Booker Prize is announced in London.
Troops of the Ukrainian Army’s 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade fire a German Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut © Marko Djurica/Reuters
War in Ukraine: EU Foreign Affairs Council meets in Brussels to discuss support for Ukraine. Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, gives an update on defense ministers, who are expected to discuss the supply of artillery ammunition to Kyiv.
Companies: The general manager of Société Générale, Frédéric Oudéa, leaves his functions and is replaced by Slawomir Krupa. British food producer Cranswick provides its annual results. German hydropower company Statkraft reports first quarter results, while UK foodservice contractor SSP Group and retailers Topps Tiles and Victorian Plumbing report first half results.
Data: S&P Global releases Industrials and Services Purchasing Managers Index data for the EU, France, Germany and the UK. UK public sector net borrowing figures are also announced, along with monthly supermarket sales, market share and inflation data from Kantar.
