PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times - June 19
June 19 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Headlines
- UK's Starmer puts UK cabinet on alert for potential US attack on Iran
- UK's Reeves hires Alex Depledge as UK entrepreneurship adviser
- NatWest rules out bidding for TSB
- Nestle proposes former Inditex chief Pablo Isla as new chair
Overview
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has put his cabinet on alert for a possible U.S. attack on Iran, as ministers discussed working with American forces in the event that Tehran threatened UK assets in the Middle East.
- British finance minister Rachel Reeves has appointed Alex Depledge as the UK Treasury's first entrepreneurship adviser, as the chancellor tries to improve her government's relationship with high-growth companies.
- NatWest NWG.L has ruled itself out of bidding for UK high street bank TSB, eliminating one of the leading contenders from a sale process that had been expected to draw interest from some of the country's largest lenders.
- Nestle NESN.S said it would propose vice chairman Pablo Isla to be its next chairman as the Swiss food giant announced that current chair and company veteran Paul Bulcke will stand down in April 2026.
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