Press round-up from ShareCast

Friday newspaper round-up: Cancelled govt projects, oil and gas tax raid, recession risk

Fri 22 May 2026 07:14

(Sharecast News) - Cancelled government projects such as the Rwanda deportation scheme and the road tunnel under Stonehenge are wasting billions of pounds of taxpayer money a year, parliament's spending watchdog has found. About £6.6bn was written off by

Thursday newspaper round-up: Jeff Bezos, JLR, OpenAI

Thu 21 May 2026 07:15

(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves is to promise free summer bus rides for children and cut tariffs on some food imports, as part of a package of measures aimed at easing the costs of the Iran conflict. The chancellor will give a statement in the House of C

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Shell, Berkeley, Deutsche Bank

Wed 20 May 2026 07:10

(Sharecast News) - The cost of the government's £38bn nuclear plant in Suffolk is subject to "significant uncertainty" and may outweigh the benefits for UK households until at least 2064, according to the government's spending watchdog. The National Audi

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, Elon Musk, youth unemployment

Tue 19 May 2026 07:12

(Sharecast News) - A rescue deal for Thames Water is under threat because of a potential change in prime minister, government insiders have said. Ministers are negotiating a takeover deal for the stricken water company with a consortium of creditors led b

Monday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, NCP, EY, property taxes

Mon 18 May 2026 07:13

(Sharecast News) - The worsening fallout from the Iran war is forcing businesses to halt their UK investment and hiring plans, bosses have warned, as Britain enters a renewed period of political and economic instability. More than two months into the US-I

Friday newspaper round-up: Postal deserts, Philip Morris, Applied Materials, Elon Musk

Fri 15 May 2026 07:16

(Sharecast News) - The owner of WH Smith's former high street business is aiming to change contracts with the Post Office to make it easier to close outlets within its stores, increasing fears that communities will become "postal deserts". TG Jones operat

Thursday newspaper round-up: Farage, Crispin Odey, Sam Altman

Thu 14 May 2026 07:07

(Sharecast News) - Nigel Farage is facing a formal investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. The Reform UK leader received the money weeks before announcing he would stand as a

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Elon Musk, JPMorgan CEO, Carillion

Wed 13 May 2026 07:18

(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump is due to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday evening, the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, as he seeks to mend power and prestige weakened by the war in Iran. Trump will bring tech leaders, including E

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Household spending, BuzzFeed, Grant Thornton

Tue 12 May 2026 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Households cut back on their spending in April at the fastest pace in 18 months, as the conflict in the Middle East provoked fears of another cost of living crisis, a report from one of the UK's biggest banks has suggested. Barclays, wh

Monday newspaper round-up: British households, Mike Ashley, Starlink

Mon 11 May 2026 07:12

(Sharecast News) - British households are bracing for a new cost of living crisis, as the impact of the Middle East conflict dampens confidence in the economy and personal finances, a survey has suggested. Consumer confidence in the UK has dipped over the