Flood Risk, War Profits, AI Giants: UK Business on the Brink
England’s urban flood crisis exposes housing failures as UBS banks on war volatility and Apple’s AI future hangs in the balance. The UK’s economic fault lines laid bare.
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Business Britain: BP's War Windfall, EE Bills the Widow
BP's profits double on Iran war oil prices while EE chases a widow for £1,007. UK business shows its two faces as retailers slash prices to lure shoppers.
Business UK: Nationwide's Member Revolt, Pret's Bread Index
Nationwide faces its first member director in 25 years, Pret reads Britain through bread sales, and EasyJet's compassion clause meets a brain tumour.
Geopolitics Comes Home: Iran, the Moon, and the IRGC
Geopolitics has stopped happening abroad: the Iran war chokes NHS supplies, China races the US back to the Moon, Westminster eyes an IRGC ban.
Business Britain Braces: Pension Shock, Bank Tax Raid Fears
UK pensions lose inheritance tax shield while banks prepare for a leftward shift if Starmer falls. Business Britain is pricing political risk.
Chernobyl at 40: Nature Thrives Where Humans Fear to Tread
Forty years after Chernobyl, wolves thrive in the exclusion zone. Plus: Sade earns her Rock Hall place and Albertine Clarke's debut cuts deep into London's fraying mind.
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.