PRESS DIGEST-British Business - June 26
June 26 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The Times
- British steel production is to be designated as critical to the UK's national security, under plans to secure billions of pounds of orders for new wind farms, rail links and other infrastructure projects.
The Guardian
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has insisted the government is prepared to deliver assisted dying legislation "in all its aspects", pushing back against comments made by his health secretary, Wes Streeting, who claimed there was no budget to implement the new law.
The Telegraph
- Downing Street is exploring tabling its own amendment for the vote on Tuesday in an attempt to head off a rebellion by Labour MPs and avoid Prime Minister Keir Starmer's first House of Commons defeat.
Sky News
- Shell SHEL.L denied that it was in talks to buy BP BP.L after the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the oil major was in early discussions over a takeover of its British rival.
The Independent
- Britain said it would toughen up its trade defences to better protect industries amid a turbulent global outlook of trade wars and tariffs that has shaped its new trade strategy to be published on Thursday.
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