• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Zipcar, BP, Volvo/Polestar

  Tuesday 02 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - As the battle lines harden amid Germany's intensifying pressure on the European Commission to scrap the 2035 ban on production of new petrol and diesel cars, two Swedish car companies, Volvo and Polestar, are leading the campaign to persuade Brussels to stick to the date. They argue such a move is a desperate attempt to paper over the cracks in the German car industry, adding that it will not just prolong take up of electric vehicles but inadvertently hand the advantage to China. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Black Friday, Gail's, Evri, Amazon

  Monday 01 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Shoppers held back from visiting high streets over Black Friday, data shows, amid fears weak consumer spending will put the brakes on economic growth in 2026. Visitors to all UK shopping destinations were down 2% on Friday and 7.2% compared with the equivalent days last year, according to the monitoring company MRI Software, with locations near central London offices among the few to experience a lift in visits. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Black Friday, Gail's, Evri, Amazon

  Monday 01 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Shoppers held back from visiting high streets over Black Friday, data shows, amid fears weak consumer spending will put the brakes on economic growth in 2026. Visitors to all UK shopping destinations were down 2% on Friday and 7.2% compared with the equivalent days last year, according to the monitoring company MRI Software, with locations near central London offices among the few to experience a lift in visits. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Black Friday, Gail's, Evri, Amazon

  Monday 01 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Shoppers held back from visiting high streets over Black Friday, data shows, amid fears weak consumer spending will put the brakes on economic growth in 2026. Visitors to all UK shopping destinations were down 2% on Friday and 7.2% compared with the equivalent days last year, according to the monitoring company MRI Software, with locations near central London offices among the few to experience a lift in visits. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Black Friday, Gail's, Evri, Amazon

  Monday 01 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Shoppers held back from visiting high streets over Black Friday, data shows, amid fears weak consumer spending will put the brakes on economic growth in 2026. Visitors to all UK shopping destinations were down 2% on Friday and 7.2% compared with the equivalent days last year, according to the monitoring company MRI Software, with locations near central London offices among the few to experience a lift in visits. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Rachel Reeves, Ukraine strikes Russian tankers, Greggs, Bank of England, Vladimir Putin, Your Party, Hong Kong fire, UN report on Israel

  Sunday 30 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves was fighting to save her job on Saturday after the Office for Budget Responsibility published a detailed account of its pre‑Budget discussions with the Treasury, according to the Telegraph. The watchdog revealed that statements from the Chancellor and her officials had overstated the fiscal shortfall, paving the way for tax rises and higher welfare spending.

• Friday newspaper round-up: Hinkley Point, HICL/TRIG, Heathrow

  Friday 28 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has been warned that her plans for tax rises and spending restraint in the run-up to the next general election resemble a work of "fiscal fiction", as MPs expressed concern about the impact of her budget on their constituents. A day after the chancellor's statement, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said Reeves had chosen a high-risk strategy by backloading the squeeze to just before voters go to the polls in 2029. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Retailers, first-time buyers, Kevin Hassett

  Thursday 27 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Retailers have breathed a sigh of relief after changes to their business rates bills in the budget were not as bad as feared, after the industry had warned for months that more punitive measures could lead to shop closures and jobs losses. The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, on Wednesday revealed plans to permanently reduce business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure properties - although the discounts are not as generous as those that have been in place since the pandemic. About 750,000 properties in those sectors will see their bills set below the current standard level, with deeper discounts for smaller operators, according to the government. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, Tesla, Advent International

  Wednesday 26 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The UK government has been accused of caving-in to pressure from the British Virgin Islands by allowing it to limit access to a register of company share ownership to only those deemed to have a legitimate interest. The restriction, to be discussed at talks starting on Tuesday between Foreign Office ministers and leaders of the British overseas territories (BOTs) in London, is in defiance of legislation passed by the UK government as long ago as 2008 that would make the register available to all. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: AI, social media platforms, Heathrow Airport

  Tuesday 25 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Up to 3m low-skilled jobs could disappear in the UK by 2035 because of automation and AI, according to a report by a leading educational research charity. The jobs most at risk are those in occupations such as trades, machine operations and administrative roles, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) said. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Benefit fraud, nuclear reactors, state pensions

  Monday 24 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves will launch a fresh crackdown on benefit fraud at the same time as lifting the two-child limit for universal credit at a cost of £3bn, as ministers seek to head off criticism over rising welfare spending in the budget. The chancellor has made the decision to scrap the two-child limit in full, a move that will be welcomed by Labour MPs who have long highlighted its effect on increasing child poverty. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Boris Johnson, COP30, Ukraine, Kemi Badenoch, SafeCall, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, two‑child benefit cap, Lakshmi Mittal

  Sunday 23 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Boris Johnson took four days away from official duties during a critical period of the UK's Covid preparations, according to disclosures highlighted by the Covid inquiry, according to the Guardian. Records show the former prime minister spent time at Chevening in Kent between 14 and 24 February 2020, walking his dog and riding his motorcycle, even as the NHS was bracing to be "overwhelmed" by the virus.

• Friday newspaper round-up: Unilever, Eurotunnel, American law firms

  Friday 21 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has arrested two men as it launched an investigation into a suspected £20m cryptocurrency fraud. The law enforcement agency raided two sites in West Yorkshire and London as it appealed for information about $28m (£21.4m) invested into a cryptocurrency scheme called Basis Markets. Two men, one in his 30s and another in his 40s, were arrested on suspicion of multiple fraud and money-laundering offences, the agency said. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Tariffs, Telegraph sale, Border to Coast

  Thursday 20 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - US officials are privately saying that they might not levy long-promised semiconductor tariffs soon, potentially delaying a centerpiece of Donald Trump's economic agenda. Officials relayed these messages over the last several days to stakeholders in the government and private industry, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter and a third person briefed on the conversations. A fourth person following the matter also said the administration was taking a more cautious approach to avoid provoking China. The discussions have not been previously reported. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Amazon, UK power grid review, HP

  Wednesday 19 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The start of passenger services on the new East West Rail line will be delayed until at least 2026 with no start date confirmed, the operator has said, partly due to a row over guards on the trains. Passenger trains were supposed to come into service between Oxford and Milton Keynes this autumn, the first stage on the new railway along the Oxford-Cambridge arc where the government hopes for rapid economic growth. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Ticket reselling, bank customer protection, Axa Investment Managers

  Tuesday 18 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Reselling tickets for profit is to be outlawed under plans due to be announced this week, the Guardian has learned, as the government goes ahead with a long-awaited crackdown on touts and resale platforms such as Viagogo and StubHub. Ministers had been considering allowing touts - and ordinary consumers - to sell on a ticket for up to 30% above the original face value, as part of a consultation process that ended earlier this year. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Wizz Air, Energy debts, Thames Water

  Monday 17 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The City watchdog has said the UK needs to "strengthen" its grip on foreign tech firms providing critical services to banks, amid growing concerns over outages and cyber-attacks. Sarah Pritchard, who was appointed the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) first deputy chief executive this summer, said there had been "very frequent reminders" of how important it was for the banking sector to have "good, strong operational resilience and cyber controls". - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: UK asylum, Mexican protest, BBC, WPP, Angela Rayner, HSBC, Marjorie Taylor Greene

  Monday 17 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Home secretary Shabana Mahmood was expected to unveil a series of changes to the UK's asylum system on Monday, aimed at addressing growing public concern over immigration levels, according to The Guardian.

• Friday newspaper round-up: Income tax, Ineos, Virgin Atlantic

  Friday 14 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves is set to abandon a plan to raise income tax in her budget with the chancellor reportedly "ripping up" the main measures in the wake of turmoil in the party. A source told the Guardian that plans to break the manifesto pledge on income tax had been ditched by the prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the chancellor. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Stamp duty, pensions, Tate galleries, Flutter

  Thursday 13 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has been urged to abolish the "sin tax" of stamp duty in the budget by property experts including TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp, as the chancellor faced calls to replace it with an annual property tax. Allsopp, presenter of Channel 4 property shows including Location, Location, Location, said "people are in a panic" about potential stamp duty changes, and "sitting tight" ahead of the 26 November budget. - Guardian

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