Starmer to ease petrol car ban in race to shield UK from trade war
- The i newspaper reports on the easing of the ban on manufacturing petrol cars, described by the paper as an effort to “shield” the UK from a trade war and boost the car industry. The paper says the government expects to move towards a “more interventionist state” to work directly with businesses to compensate for the “damage done” by the new US tariffs.
- Birmingham bin strike could spread to the rest of the country, the paper reports.