Financial Times • April 15, 2026 16:06

UK gas prices dip below pre-Iran war level in relief for Reeves

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Score: 0.32 • Leans Right

Concerns about a full-blown supply crisis recede as Asia cuts consumption

Story Timeline

Mon 08:32 - Financial Times

Starmer defends fast-tracking EU rules into UK law

Tue 07:06 - Sky News (UK)

Starmer and Reeves accused of 'corrosive complacency' over defence

Tue 07:06 - Sky News (UK)

'Our national security is in peril,' Starmer and Reeves told by author of damning defence review

Wed 06:34 - Sky News (UK)

'Corrosive complacency' - Robertson tears into PM and Reeves in extraordinary intervention on defence

Wed 12:45 - BBC Politics

Starmer challenged over defence investment plan delay

Wed 16:06 - Financial Times

UK gas prices dip below pre-Iran war level in relief for Reeves

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BBC Politics

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12:45

Starmer challenged over defence investment plan delay

The prime minister is facing growing pressure to spell out when the funding blueprint will be published.

Financial Times

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08:32

Starmer defends fast-tracking EU rules into UK law

Prime minister says mechanism would help cut business costs and bring down prices

Sky News (UK)

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06:34

'Corrosive complacency' - Robertson tears into PM and Reeves in extraordinary intervention on defence

A decision by Lord George Robertson to call out the prime minister and his chancellor over their failure to rearm the UK at speed in the face of growing threats …

07:06

Starmer and Reeves accused of 'corrosive complacency' over defence

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will today be accused of "corrosive complacency" on defence, in a damning intervention by the lead author of their own defence review.

07:06

'Our national security is in peril,' Starmer and Reeves told by author of damning defence review

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will today be accused of "corrosive complacency" on defence, in a damning intervention by the lead author of their own defence review.