The Guardian Europe
Burnham's new plan to ban fake discounts and ease subscription hell might save you £400m a year - if you can figure out how to cancel anything.
BBC Business
Wildfires in France and Spain have displaced over 300,000 people, prompting officials to tell tourists to stay away - and your travel insurance might not save you.
The Guardian
Family of Adrian Howe, a former Vodafone manager who drowned days before his franchise launch, calls for 'Adrian's law' to protect franchisees after Vodafone settled a £85m claim over alleged 'unjust enrichment.'
BBC Business
Pubs get a 20% rates cut, but owners say it's more of a gentle chip than a full-on demolition of their cost problems.
BBC Business
Thames Water posts profit after 40% bill hike, but debt balloons to £18.5bn, complaints soar 77%, and the firm waits to see if new PM Andy Burnham will nationalise it.
The Guardian Europe
Palantir's £330m NHS deal and other British contracts show how paid access and weak rules let a 'scary' tech firm settle in - but escape is possible.
BBC Politics
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy quits X, calls it 'not healthy for democracy' - joins the growing list of officials who'd rather be anywhere else.
The Guardian Europe
Jaguar Land Rover's electric dreams hit a pothole as a £5.2bn government-backed battery factory faces delays, budget overruns, and contractor departures - proving that building the future is harder than just plugging it in.
BBC Business
M&S offers 1,000 training spots to combat youth unemployment, while the government bets on AI to solve the problem it helped create.
The Guardian
UK government drops £8.4m on a service to help care leavers find their 'tribe' - because apparently, the care system has been breaking relationships instead of building them.
BBC Business
A major review warns the UK faces a 'lost generation' as one in six young people could be jobless and not learning by 2031, because the system helping them is apparently stuck in a previous century.
BBC Politics
Alan Milburn's review finds the UK spends 25 times more on youth benefits than jobs support, calling it 'shameful' as nearly a million young people are Neet.
The Guardian
UK senior civil servants to get bonuses for the first time, because apparently 'doing' is now a revolutionary concept in government.
BBC Business
UK government lets airlines cancel flights two weeks early to avoid last-minute chaos, because nothing says 'summer holiday' like planning your disappointment in advance.
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