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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Boeing, Hinkley Point C, IDS

(Sharecast News) - Fake reviews and unavoidable hidden online charges - which cost consumers £2.2bn a year - are to be banned under new laws to force businesses to be more clear with shoppers. Under the new rules, which will become law as part of the digital markets, competition and consumers bill currently progressing through parliament, mandatory fees must be included in the headline price or at the start of the shopping process, including booking fees for cinema and train tickets. - Guardian A nose wheel fell off a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 passenger jet and rolled away as the plane lined up for takeoff over the weekend from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson international airport in the US, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). According to a preliminary FAA notice, none of the 184 passengers or six crew members aboard were hurt in the incident. - Guardian

Hinkley Point C will cost as much as £35bn to complete and will come online up to four years later than planned, its French developer has said. EDF on Tuesday said the cost of building Britain's first new nuclear power station in a generation had risen by as much as £10bn after delays to construction and inflation to costs. - Telegraph

Treasury officials advised Rishi Sunak that cutting taxes would have little impact on growing the economy and he should instead focus on boosting immigration. According to leaked Treasury documents presented to Mr Sunak's senior team in late 2022 before he became prime minister, civil servants said personal tax cuts would have a "low impact" on boosting growth despite coming at a "medium fiscal cost". - Telegraph

The chairman of Royal Mail owner International Distributions Services has argued that a six-day delivery service should not be preserved for "nostalgic" reasons ahead of potential reform of the lossmaking mail operator. On Wednesday Ofcom, the regulator, is expected to release the findings of its review of the universal service provided by Royal Mail after calls from the company to ditch Saturday letter deliveries. - The Times

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Friday newspaper round-up: Energy price cap, Mike Lynch, News Corp
(Sharecast News) - The energy price cap in Great Britain will fall to the equivalent of £1,568,a year this summer after a drop in wholesale gas prices. Set by the energy regulator, Ofgem, the cap reflects the average annual dual-fuel bill for 29m households and takes effect from July until the end of September. The cap, which is set quarterly, will fall £122 in July from its current level of £1,690, easing the pressure on household finances. - Guardian
Thursday newspaper round-up: Mike Lynch, smart meters, Very Group
(Sharecast News) - San Francisco federal courthouse on Thursday as a key witness in his own criminal fraud trial, which began in March. US authorities have charged the former software tycoon with 16 counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy relating to his company's acquisition deal with Hewlett-Packard in 2011. If convicted, Lynch faces up to 25 years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty. - Guardian
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Anglesey power station, electric cars, Eurostar passengers
(Sharecast News) - Ministers have earmarked north Wales as the site of a large-scale nuclear power plant, which is part of plans to resuscitate Britain's nuclear power ambitions. Wylfa on Anglesey (Ynys Môn) has been named as the preferred site for the UK's third major nuclear power plant in a generation, coming after EDF's Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, which is under construction in Somerset, and its Sizewell C nuclear project planned for Suffolk. - Guardian
Tuesday newspaper round-up: New homes, AI, Mike Ashley
(Sharecast News) - A Labour government would aim to announce the sites for a series of new towns within a year of taking office, with the promise that homes would be built in them by the end of a first term, Angela Rayner is to say in a speech. Giving more detail to a plan first outlined in Keir Starmer's party conference speech in October, Rayner will tell a housing conference that Labour will strongly support private developers who create high-quality and affordable housing. - Guardian

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