LONDON (Reuters) - Construction activity fell at its sharpest pace in at least 11 years in June, a survey showed on Wednesday, in one of the clearest signs yet of how falling house prices are hitting the wider economy.

The news coincided with a plunge in homebuilders' shares after Taylor Wimpey, the sector leader, said it failed to raise the extra capital it said it would just two days a...

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