Society under strain: SEND cuts, pricier pills, Tube strikes
UK society feels the squeeze: SEND support slashed in schools, paracetamol prices jump up to 30%, and another Tube strike looms over London commuters.
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Business: Borrowing Falls £20bn as Iran Hits UK Pharmacies
UK borrowing undershoots forecasts by £700m but Iran war lifts oil past $100 and paracetamol prices 30%, leaving Reeves's fiscal headroom exposed.
Geopolitics: Reeves's Fiscal Wall Cracks as Labour Faces May Rout
Geopolitics UK: Reeves undershoots borrowing by £700m as Iran war threatens fiscal headroom, Labour braces for historic May losses, Lebanon's forgotten south.
Business: Iran Fuel Shock Hits UK as SpaceX Eyes Wall Street
UK business faces a £100,000 fuel jolt from the Iran war as the Isle of Man readies price plans — while SpaceX courts Wall Street before its IPO.
Culture and Environment: Pylons, Shakespeare, Hawkins's Ghost
Welsh farmers sue a clean energy firm as Shakespeare turns 462 and the Foo Fighters grieve in public. Britain's culture and environment in flux.
Innovation: Cursor's $60bn SpaceX Option and AI's New Gatekeepers
Innovation week: SpaceX lines up a $60bn option on Cursor, Mozilla's AI flags 271 Firefox bugs, and the NCSC warns Britain of hacktivist swarms.
Premier League Power Plays as Wembanyama Falls Head First
Sports Wednesday: Wembanyama concussed as Blazers level, Guardiola defends City celebrations, West Ham's Brady exits after 16 years, Leicester relegated.