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Starmer adviser urges ministers to look at profits cap for energy and petrol firms
Posted on Sunday March 22, 2026
PM’s ‘cost of living champion’ calls for consideration of temporary measure to prevent profiteering from Iran warThe government’s top cost of living adviser has called on ministers to explore a temporary cap on the profits of energy and petrol companies to prevent them from cashing in excessively on the war in the Middle East.Richard Walker – a Labour peer, the chair of Iceland supermarkets and the prime minister’s “cost of living champion” – said he had asked the government to examine limiting how much businesses were able to benefit from higher energy prices after Iran’s blockade of the strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route for Europe’s oil and gas, and the wider conflict in the region. Continue reading...
Palantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA data
Posted on Sunday March 22, 2026
Exclusive: Allowing US tech firm to analyse intelligence in name of tackling fraud raises fresh concerns over privacyCampaign groups rail against Palantir, but the UK contracts keep comingPalantir is to be granted access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data, in a deal that has prompted fresh concerns about the US AI company’s deepening reach into the British state, the Guardian can reveal.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has awarded Palantir a contract to investigate the watchdog’s internal intelligence data in an effort to help it tackle financial crime, which includes investigating fraud, money laundering and insider trading. Continue reading...
‘Trumpflation’: how the Iran war’s economic storm could affect Britons
Posted on Sunday March 22, 2026
Yet another cost of living crisis looms with fuel, food, holiday, energy and home loan prices expected to riseMiddle East crisis – live updatesHere we go again. For Britons it has been a rollercoaster few years and just as better times seemed ahead the country has been plunged into a fresh cost of living crisis.The economic storm caused by war in the Middle East is already pushing up the cost of key household outgoings, including mortgage payments, energy bills and driving. There are warnings that the weekly shop will be next. Continue reading...
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Arsenal 0-2 Manchester City: Carabao Cup final – live
Posted on Sunday March 22, 2026
⚽ League Cup final reaction from the 4.30pm GMT kick-off⚽ Live scores | Follow us over on Bluesky | And mail DanielAt Tottenham, Forest now lead 2-0; at Villa Park, Villa now lead West Ham 2-0.Physically, the edge is with Arsenal, especially in midfield. Rodri may never recapture the power and pace which made him one of the best in his position, while Bernardo never it. They’ll look to control the tempo of the game and have the passing and smarts to do it, but it’s a tricky endeavour with Declan Rice charging about. Continue reading...
Spurs get that sinking feeling as Gibbs-White and Awoniyi fire Forest to thumping victory
Posted on Sunday March 22, 2026
It promises to be a long three weeks for Tottenham Hotspur and Igor Tudor. That is, of course, if Tudor gets the time, after Nottingham Forest plunged Spurs deeper into the relegation fight, recording a humiliating 3-0 victory. “We are staying up,” was the chant from the away fans, who delighted in suggesting Stevenage could be visiting this vast arena for a Championship game in August.When Spurs, a point above the relegation zone, do re-emerge after the international break, their trip to Sunderland will be the first of seven games to save their Premier League status. For Forest, who had to weather a first-half storm, waves of Spurs set pieces, this turned into a dreamy afternoon in the capital, a second victory in four days and, crucially, Vítor Pereira’s first league win since taking charge last month. West Ham’s defeat at Aston Villa only enhanced Forest’s fuzzy feeling. Continue reading...