Press round-up from ShareCast

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Energy price cap, Post Office Horizon, Radley

Wed 27 May 2026 07:16

(Sharecast News) - Households will face the steepest summer rise in energy charges in four years after months of soaring market prices caused the government's energy price cap for Great Britain to climb by 13%. Under the cap the average gas and electricit

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Meta, British businesses, Eurowag

Tue 26 May 2026 07:18

(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has instructed cabinet colleagues to award government contracts in four critical industries directly to British companies, making clear her irritation that ministers have been sending too much government business abroad. I

Sunday newspaper round-up: Food prices, Modella Capital, Iran peace deal, Nigel Farage, White House shooting, Rachel Reeves, EU

Sun 24 May 2026 07:57

(Sharecast News) - Food prices were expected to climb after ministers decided not to scrap the £2bn Extended Producer Responsibility packaging levy, The Times reported. Defra officials told industry leaders the scheme, which charges producers and online

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