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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