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Oct 28 (Reuters) -The UK's FTSE 100 edged up on Friday from near three-month lows touched in the prior session, as gains in Reckitt Benckiser and oil stocks offset concerns about inflation sparked by Britain's budget.

The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE rose 0.6% by 0954 GMT, with consumer goods company Reckitt RKT.L surging 9% after company, along with U.S.-based Abbott Labs ABT.N, was cleared of liability in a preterm formula case.

Oil stocks such as Shell SHEL.L and BP BP.L rose more than 1% each as crude prices LCOc1, CLc1 climbed about 3% following reports Iran was preparing a retaliatory strike on Israel from Iraq in the coming days. O/R

The midcap FTSE 250 index .FTMC edged up 0.2%, but hovered near a three-month low trough touched on Thursday as Britain's finance minister, Rachel Reeves, faced criticism after her first budget was heavy on spending, tax increases, and borrowing but light on economic growth.

Both indexes were heading for weekly declines due to fears that Labour's spending plans could spur inflation, leading traders to reduce expectations of rate cuts next year.

However, investors anticipate a 25-basis-point rate cutfrom the Bank of England next week.

An S&P Global survey showed British factory activity contracted slightly last month for the first time since April, due to fewer new orders.

Focus is on U.S. payrolls data later in the day for clues on the size of rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, which is also set to meet next week.

Among other stocks, Tesco TSCO.L rose 1.5% after Britain's biggest supermarket group said that it intended to return 700 million pounds ($902.51 million) to shareholders through an incremental share buyback.

Boohoo BOOH.L increased by 3% after the online fashion retailer appointed Dan Finley as its new CEO, effective immediately, marking a setback for top investor FrasersFRAS.L, which had attempted to appoint its controlling shareholder Mike Ashley to the role.

Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid

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