Business Reality Check: Holidays Cut, Evergrande Guilty, AI Doubt
UK consumers slash travel spending for the first time in five years as Evergrande's founder pleads guilty and OpenAI investors question its $852bn price tag.
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Oil Tops $100 as Trump Blockades Hormuz — What It Means for Britain
Oil surges past $100 a barrel after US-Iran talks collapse and Trump orders a Hormuz blockade. Plus: Orbán falls, and Zuckerberg clones himself.
Business Under Pressure: Oil at $100, NHS Profits and Ikea's Solar Mess
Oil back above $100 a barrel, NHS private contractors pocket £1.6bn, and Ikea customers left stranded by solar installer collapse. What it means for Britain.
UK-EU Single Market Reset: Why the Iran War Changed Everything
Ministers plan to bypass Parliament on EU alignment. The Iran war didn't just reshape geopolitics — it broke Britain's post-Brexit economic logic.
UK-EU Reset: Britain Eyes Single Market Return by Stealth
Ministers plan legislation to adopt EU single market rules without full parliamentary vote, while Reform's Tice faces a £91,000 tax embarrassment.
Business Under Fire: Housing Freeze, Texas Raids and Festival Fallout
Iran conflict freezes UK housing market, Texas opens a London office to poach British firms, and Wireless festival's Kanye gamble collapses. What it means.
Green energy boom: Britain's households race to cut bills
As the Iran crisis sends energy prices soaring, record numbers of British homes are going green. Meanwhile, Polymarket's war bets raise ugly questions.