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In recent weeks, Teradyne has reported very large year-over-year revenue growth driven by AI-related semiconductor test demand, announced a US$0.13 quarterly dividend, and disclosed routine insider share sales and a Form 144 filing linked to stock-based compensation. At the same time, Teradyne’s fortunes have become increasingly tied to the AI infrastructure boom, with AI-related orders now representing nearly 70% of its revenue mix, amplifying its sensitivity to sector-wide swings sparked by companies like Nvidia. Against this backdrop of AI-fueled demand, we’ll explore how Nvidia-driven semiconductor enthusiasm could reshape Teradyne’s investment narrative and future expectations. The future of work is here. Discover the 34 top robotics and automation stocks leading the charge in AI-driven automation and industrial transformation. Teradyne Investment Narrative Recap To own Teradyne today, you need to believe that AI-driven semiconductor test demand can support elevated orders while the company manages concentrated exposure to that same AI infrastructure trend. In the near term, the key catalyst is continued AI-related test demand tied to names like Nvidia, while the biggest risk is how quickly that demand could cool if hyperscaler or export spending slows. The recent insider sales and Form 144 filing look routine and do not appear to change that core setup. The most relevant update here is Teradyne’s Q1 2026 report, where revenue rose 87% year over year to US$1,282.5 million, largely on AI test demand and with nearly 70% of revenue linked to AI infrastructure. That concentration makes sector sentiment and Nvidia-driven spending patterns central to Teradyne’s near term story, but it also heightens exposure to trade policy, tariffs, and shifts in HBM and data center test spending that could quickly affect order visibility. But while AI demand is powering today’s story, investors should also be aware of how exposed Teradyne remains to cyclical, capex driven semicondu...

Shares of Cava Group (CAVA +0.23%) initially soared after the Mediterranean fast-casual chain reported fiscal first-quarter results Tuesday afternoon, with the stock opening Wednesday's session at nearly $87. The reaction made sense: revenue jumped 32% year over year, same-restaurant sales reaccelerated to 9.7% from just 0.5% in the prior quarter, and management raised its full-year outlook on nearly every line that matters. But the bulk of that early surge has since faded. As of this writing, the stock is trading at about $81 -- only modestly above where it closed before Cava's earnings release. So, with the underlying business clearly accelerating again, is the stock still a buy? A sharp reacceleration Net revenue in Cava's fiscal first quarter (the period ended April 19, 2026) rose 32.2% year over year to $434.4 million. The bigger story, however, was same-restaurant sales, which grew 9.7% -- a huge rebound. Just look at how same-restaurant sales played out over the chain's last five quarters: 10.8% in fiscal Q1 2025, 2.1% in fiscal Q2, 1.9% in fiscal Q3, and a mere 0.5% in fiscal Q4 2025. That final reading even included a 1.4% decline in guest traffic. Some investors may have feared Cava was on the verge of posting its first negative comparable sales figure since going public. Instead, the chain blew past expectations. The 9.7% growth was driven by a 6.8% rise in guest traffic, with menu prices and product mix accounting for the remaining 2.9%. It also helps to view that 9.7% comp against what's happening elsewhere in fast casual. Both Sweetgreen and Wingstop recently posted weak comparable sales results. Cava's systemwide average unit volume now stands at $3 million, and the company ended the quarter with 459 restaurants -- a 20.2% year-over-year increase. The chain opened 20 net new locations during the period, including new market entries in St. Louis and Columbus. And CEO and co-founder Brett Schulman said on the fiscal Q1 earnings call that early performan...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.50%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.63%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.73%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26) are up +0.47%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM26) are up +0.73%. Stock indexes are moving higher today, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 posting 1-week highs, and the Dow Jones Industrials posting a new all-time high. Stocks are supported by hopes that the US and Iran are moving closer to a peace deal. Also, chipmakers and AI-infrastructure stocks are climbing amid the unrelenting enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. In addition, Workday is up more than +3% to lead software stocks higher after reporting better-than-expected Q1 results and giving a positive outlook. Join 200K+ Subscribers: Stocks fell back from their best levels today after the University of Michigan's US May consumer sentiment index was revised lower to a record low, and May inflation expectations were revised upward. Also, hawkish comments from Fed Governor Christopher Waller weighed on stocks when he said he supports making clear that the Fed's next interest rate move is just as likely to be an increase as "inflation is not headed in the right direction." The University of Michigan’s May US consumer sentiment index was revised lower to a record low of 44.8 (data from 1978), weaker than expectations of no change at 48.2. The University of Michigan's US May 1-year inflation expectations rate was revised upward to a 9-month high of +4.8% from +4.5%, stronger than the +4.6% expected. Also, the May 5-10 year inflation expectations rate was revised upward to a 7-month high of 3.9%, stronger than expectations of no change at 3.4%. WTI crude oil prices (CLM26) remain extremely volatile and are susceptible to headlines from the Iran war. Prices whipsawed lower and higher today and are up more than +1% as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Crude prices fell into negative territory briefly today following a...

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In this episode of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, Motley Fool contributors Travis Hoium and Lou Whiteman and Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser discuss: What worked (and what didn’t work) this earnings season. What’s wrong with restaurant and apparel stocks. Should inflation talk worry investors? Plus, the stocks on our radar. To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center. When you're ready to invest, check out this top 10 list of stocks to buy. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » A full transcript is below. Should you buy stock in Cerebras Systems right now? Before you buy stock in Cerebras Systems, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Cerebras Systems wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $481,589!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,345,714!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 993% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 208% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 22, 2026. This podcast was recorded on May 15, 2026. Travis Hoium: IPOs are hot again. Welcome to Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing. I'm Travis Hoium, joined today by Jason Moser and Lou Whiteman. Guys, there is a lot going on in the market. We are through earnings season, so we...

Getty Images Oil volatility tied to the Strait of Hormuz may be signaling more than a temporary disruption. Andriy Yastreb, Vice President and Director, Portfolio Research at TD Asset Management, discusses why investors could be underestimating geopolitical and structural risks across commodities, and what it could mean for their portfolios. Transcript Kim Parlee: The price of oil continues to swing amid the volatility surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. My next guest says, from an investment perspective, many may be getting it wrong by treating the US-Iran conflict as a temporary disruption. He says a deeper structural shift is beginning to emerge across the commodity space. Andriy Yastreb is Vice President and Director, Multi-Asset Strategies at TD Asset Management. And he joins me here. It is lovely to see you. Andriy Yastreb: Good to see you, too. Kim Parlee: I think it started off, maybe, as a temporary disruption. But it's like, how does one define "temporary?" If it lasts over a certain amount of time, it becomes a bit more permanent. Why do you think investors are underestimating the risk right now? Andriy Yastreb: So I have a chart here which shows the relative performance of energy sector in the United States versus S&P. And if you look at the chart, the interesting part about it is that it peaked in late March. Kim Parlee: Yeah. Andriy Yastreb: So, since late March, even though we have the crisis and oil disruption is growing, energy has been underperforming relative to the broader market. And when you think about the reasons why, I think part of it is that we do have peace progress on and off over a period of time. But the ceasefire largely holds. And it looks like market decided that if this continues, the status quo continues here, we probably get into a recessionary environment and, most likely, decision makers decide to avoid that. So market seems to have decided that most likely outcome is that there is a peace deal, and this is not going to be a big ...

Key Points The loss of a large government contract has weighed on organic growth. Strength in infrastructure and defense is driving new contract wins and fueling its backlog, which is at an all-time high. Slowing cash collections creates risk, but the valuation is attractive for patient investors. 10 stocks we like better than Parsons › The stock market hates uncertainty, and Parsons Corp. (NYSE: PSN) is serving it up. The engineering and defense company lost a heavily promoted $12.5 billion Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contract bid in December and faces top-line pressure from the wind-down of a large government contract. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » The stock has been hammered, trading down nearly 40% over the past six months, including a 21% single-day drop in December. Yet as revenue expectations decline, actual profitability is improving, with margins hitting a record high in the first quarter. In addition, its backlog reached a new high, driven by solid contract wins at the start of the year. A tale of two segments Parsons is a provider of integrated solutions and services for the security, defense, and infrastructure markets. It operates two primary segments, federal solutions and critical infrastructure, each of which contributes roughly half of total revenue. The company's troubles began in December, when it lost the bid to modernize the FAA's air traffic control system. Adding to the pressure, a large, confidential contract for the Department of State ended after a government agency reorganization, weighing on near-term organic growth. The federal solutions business has felt most of the recent pain. Although the defense and intelligence (D&I) division within the segment is performing well. D&I Revenue grew 13.5% year-over-year in the first quarter, driven by U....

Crowd Burns Ebola Treatment Center In Congo Amid Dispute Over Body Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on May 21 after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, witnesses and police said. “The police intervened to try to calm the situation, but unfortunately they were unsuccessful,” Alexis Burata, a local student who said he was in the area, told The Associated Press. “The young people ended up setting fire to the center. That’s the situation.” An Associated Press journalist saw people break into the center at Rwampara Hospital and set fire to objects inside, and also to what appeared to be the body of at least one suspected Ebola victim that was being stored there. Aid workers fled the treatment center in vehicles. The crowd set fire to two tents fitted with eight beds run by a medical charity called The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA), said Deputy Senior Commissioner Jean-Claude Mukendi, head of the public security department in Ituri Province. Mukendi said the youths had not understood the protocols for burying a suspected Ebola victim. “His family, friends, and other young people wanted to take his body home for a funeral even though the instructions from the authorities during this Ebola virus outbreak are clear,” Mukendi said. “All bodies must be buried according to the regulations.” Mother Speaks Out Family members of a man who died, soccer player Eli Munongo Wangu, wanted to bury their loved one themselves. Munongo had played for several local teams and was a well-known figure in his neighborhood. He had been admitted to the hospital days earlier. A doctor said he was a suspected Ebola case, and the hospital had taken samples to run tests. His mother told Reuters she believes her son had died of typhoid fever, not Ebola. Authorities buried Munongo safely on Friday. Calm Restored Army and police reinforcements arrive...

Rigetti Computing (RGTI +20.96%) stock is seeing another round of huge gains in Friday's trading. The quantum computing company's share price was up 22.8% as of 1 p.m. ET. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were each up 0.4% at the same point in the daily session. Rigetti stock had been up as much as 26.4% earlier in the day. Along with bullish momentum for the broader market today, Rigetti Computing's valuation is getting another boost from yesterday's news that some leading quantum-computing dare set to receive funding through the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act. As of this writing, Rigetti Computing is now up roughly 19% in 2026. CHIPS Act funding has been a bullish catalyst for Rigetti In a press release published yesterday, Rigetti announced that it had signed a letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce to secure an investment of up to $100 million. The funding will be used to accelerate the company's development of quantum technologies and is on track to be dispersed over three years. In exchange for the funding, Rigetti will sell new shares of its stock to the Department of Commerce. Expand NASDAQ : RGTI Rigetti Computing Today's Change ( 20.96 %) $ 4.62 Current Price $ 26.66 Key Data Points Market Cap $7.3B Day's Range $ 22.67 - $ 27.79 52wk Range $ 10.30 - $ 58.15 Volume 5.3M Avg Vol 30.6M Gross Margin -5945.49 % What's next for Rigetti? In a note published this morning, TD Cowen stated that it viewed Rigetti as one of the three biggest beneficiaries of the U.S. Department of Commerce's investments in quantum computing. The other two companies on its list were D-Wave Quantum and GlobalFoundries. TD Cowen's analysts said that the Department of Commerce's investment moves "underscore the strategic value" of the quantum computing industry. With Rigetti and other quantum-computing players receiving another significant vote of confidence from the U.S. government, the industry's growth opportunities could continue becoming increasingly legitimate and att...

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Michael Vi Shares of Palantir Technologies ( PLTR ) slipped 0.63% to $ 136.56 in the afternoon trade on Friday, ending a six-session winning streak. The stock had gained around 2.76% between May 14 and May 21, while the S&P 500 fell 0.74% over the same period. Reports emerged that the company is urging the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency to consider private-sector solutions for its data analytics modernization program, with the filing criticizing the efficiency of the agency’s in-house MARS system and its prolonged development timeline. According to Seeking Alpha’s Quant rating system, PLTR is rated a hold with a score of 3.46 out of 5, with an A+ in terms of profitability and a D in terms of valuation. However, SA analysts have rated the stock with a Buy . A recent Seeking Alpha analysis said Palantir Technologies continues to deliver exceptional operational performance driven by rapid expansion across both commercial and government segments, adding that “commercial revenue for the first quarter of 2026 ended up being about 95% above what it was one year earlier.” The note also highlighted continued strength in government demand and customer expansion, pointing out that “year over year, government revenue increased 76%,” while also noting that despite this growth trajectory, valuation remains difficult to justify even under aggressive forward assumptions. On Wall Street, analysts are bullish , with 19 out of 31 analysts rating the stock with a buy or higher, ten suggesting to hold, and two rating the stock with a sell or lower. Shares have gained about 9.8 % over the past month and have slipped around 22 % year to date. More on Palantir Palantir: Rule Of 40 Score Is Off The Chart Palantir Technologies: Priced For Perfection, And That's Concerning Palantir Says SaaS Is Dead - I Am Buying Here Palantir pushing for data analytics contract with defense agency- Axios Quant ratings on Renaissance Technologies' top holdings: UTHR, PLTR, AAPL

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内容速览 截至 4 月，加文・贝克旗下阿特里德斯基金持有价值约 25 亿美元的太空探索技术公司股票，年内投资收益达 19%。 在有望凭借太空探索技术公司持股斩获数十亿美元回报的投资者名单中，加文・贝克的名字两次上榜。 2015 年，加文・贝克任职于富达投资期间，首次投资埃隆・马斯克旗下这家航天企业。彼时这家公司前景尚不明朗，接连遭遇重大发射事故，火箭也从未实现着陆回收。 2019 年，贝克离开富达，创立自营对冲基金阿特里德斯资本管理公司。他始终看好马斯克的宏大愿景，在华尔街多数机构尚未关注该企业时，持续增持其股份。 如今，贝克与富达当年的投资即将迎来丰厚回报。 富达入局时，公司估值约 100 亿美元；贝克后续投资阶段，企业估值为 300 亿美元。下月公司即将上市，预估市值或将达到 1.5 万亿美元甚至更高。 贝克本周在一档投资播客节目中表示：“马斯克总能为投资者创造收益，他将这份事业视作不可违背的承诺。” 太空探索技术公司递交上市招股说明书，推进上市进程。此次上市有望为风投机构与选股投资人带来巨额财富与资产流动性。招股文件显示，价值股权合伙公司总裁安东尼奥・格拉西亚长期持股并担任公司董事，其掌控的基金合计持有公司 7.3% 的 A 类普通股股份。 谷歌 、风投机构创始人基金、罗恩・巴伦旗下巴伦资本，以及达萨纳资本、D1 资本等对冲基金，也都有望从本次上市中获利。 贝克毕业于达特茅斯学院，早年酷爱滑雪，还曾在犹他州山间民宿做过客房保洁。1999 年，他以分析师身份入职富达投资。 他是英伟达早期坚定投资方，英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋曾在 3 月主旨演讲中致谢，称其为英伟达首位重量级机构投资人。同时，贝克也是最早大规模布局初创企业股权的公募基金经理之一，持仓涵盖元宇宙平台、 优步 等上市前企业股权，不过投资并非次次盈利，他也曾投资办公共享企业韦尔。 2015 年，富达联合谷歌参与太空探索技术公司一轮规模 10 亿美元的融资。不同于其他初创企业，该公司当时暂无上市计划。富达旗下公募基金支持投资者每日申赎，长期持有暂无退出渠道的非上市公司股份，存在不小投资风险。 知情人士透露，富达在本轮融资中获配 1 亿美元份额。逆向基金、蓝筹成长基金等产品负责人也跟随贝克一同投资。贝克管理的场外交易基金本轮出资规模不及逆向基金，但该股在其基金总资产中的占比更高。 这笔投资起初并未立刻显现价值。...

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Stellantis ( STLA ) CEO Antonio Filosa said his company may expand its strategic partnership with Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology to include the production and sale of Chinese-branded vehicles in Mexico and Canada, but not the United States. “I believe that there is space in Mexico. … There is maybe space in Canada. We’ll see,” Filosa told reporters Friday after an event in Detroit, according to CNBC . “Now there is no space in the United States. We don’t see that.” CNBC noted that the companies could be considering producing the vehicles at Stellantis's plant in Brampton, Ontario, which has been idle since ending production for certain Dodge models in late 2023. Last month, Bloomberg reported that Stellantis and Leapmotor were exploring building EVs at the Brampton plant. Stellantis ( STLA ) acquired a 21% stake in Leapmotor in October 2023, making it its largest shareholder. The legacy carmaker also holds a 51% stake in a joint venture that holds the exclusive rights for the manufacture and sale of Leapmotor products outside of China, according to a recent press statement . More on Stellantis Stellantis N.V. (STLA) Analyst/Investor Day - Slideshow Stellantis: A EUR130M Bet To Rebuild After A EUR22B Wreck (Rating Upgrade) Stellantis N.V. (STLA) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Stellantis sets ambitious goals under FaSTLAne initiative Stellantis shows off its tech ambitions with three announcements

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内容概要 特朗普总统任命凯文・沃什执掌美联储，然而通胀抬头、美债收益率走高，降息预期遭遇严峻挑战。 过去一年间，特朗普始终要求美联储下调利率，为此他选定凯文・沃什出任美联储主席。如今一个紧迫问题浮出水面：沃什是否具备政治空间，转而选择加息。 周五，沃什在白宫宣誓就任美联储最高掌门人，这也是自 1987 年艾伦・格林斯潘之后，首位在白宫完成就职宣誓的美联储主席。今年 1 月沃什胜出多轮遴选获总统提名，此次是他上任后首次与特朗普公开同框亮相。 沃什接掌美联储之际，经济风险重重。通胀持续攀升，长期债券收益率不断上行，越来越多投资者认为，美联储下一步动作大概率是加息，而非特朗普期望、任命沃什原本想要实现的降息。 特朗普敲定沃什任职后不久，伊朗战事爆发，彻底打乱政策节奏。通胀回落、就业市场降温等支撑降息的条件已然不复存在。与此同时，人工智能热潮拉动市场需求与经济增长，非但未能缓解物价压力，反而进一步推升短期通胀。 近几周，美国政府试图调和总统诉求与市场现实。白宫两名核心经济官员表态，当前推高利率的通胀只是暂时性供给冲击，美联储可不必过度反应，降息仍会落地，只是时间延后。 美国财政部长斯科特・贝森特在财经节目中表示：“供给冲击向来短暂。” 他预计，在再公布一两轮偏 高通 胀数据后，物价上涨压力就会显著缓和。 白宫国家经济委员会主任凯文・哈西特也在媒体上持相同观点，认为沃什上任后，美联储年内大概率会启动降息。 但决定国家融资成本的债券市场看法截然相反。投资者逐步放弃降息预期，推动美债收益率走高，社会整体借贷成本随之上涨。 部分经济学家提出，美联储眼下不仅无法降息，甚至需要认真考量加息。若利率维持不变，但通胀持续上行，等同于实际货币政策趋于宽松。 沃什表示，将依据经济基本面研判制定利率政策，并未与特朗普达成任何降息约定。 本周被问及能否接受美联储在其任期内加息时，特朗普态度含糊。他受访称：“我会放手让他自行决策。” 法国 巴黎银行 美国首席经济学家詹姆斯・埃格尔霍夫认为，这番表态拓宽了市场对利率走势的预判区间。此前市场普遍认为白宫会坚决反对加息，美联储因此不敢收紧政策；而总统此番言论，助推债券市场计价开始反映加息可能性。 渣打银行策略师则认为政治约束并未消失。他分析，倘若沃什拥有绝对政策独立性，市场本该预判 2026 年末至 2027 年开启加息周期，但其判断利率在 2027 年大...

格隆汇5月23日｜第17任美联储主席沃什于周五在白宫宣誓就职。沃什表示： “美联储的使命是促进物价稳定和充分就业。”他说，“当以智慧和清晰的思路、独立和坚定的决心去追求这些目标时，通胀可以降低，经济增长可以更强劲，实际到手工资可以更高，美国可以更加繁荣，而且同样重要的是，美国在世界上的地位也会更加稳固。”他补充说：“为了完成这项使命，我将领导一个以改革为导向的美联储，从过去的成功和错误中吸取教训，既要摆脱静态的框架和模式，又要坚持明确的诚信和绩效标准。”

格隆汇5月23日｜5月21日，商务部部长王文涛在苏州会见来华出席亚太经合组织贸易部长会的美国副贸易代表斯威策一行。双方就中美经贸关系交换意见。王文涛表示，中美两国元首上周在北京举行历史性会晤，共同确定了中美建设性战略稳定关系的新定位，肯定中美经贸团队达成了总体平衡积极的成果。双方工作层要按照两国元首确定的共识方向，尽快敲定本次经贸磋商成果细节，做好后续落实。中方愿与美方一道，加强沟通，拓展合作，在经贸成果方面“做加法”，为建设性战略稳定关系作出更多贡献。

The UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU as the cornerstone of an ambitious attempt to reintegrate British trade back into Europe, the Guardian can reveal. During recent visits to Brussels, the Cabinet Office’s top official on EU relations, Michael Ellam, presented the idea to deepen the UK’s economic relationship with the bloc. But in a sign of the challenge Keir Starmer’s government faces in securing growth through a closer relationship with Europe, sources told the Guardian that EU officials rejected the idea – and instead suggested a customs union or economic alignment through the European Economic Area. Those ideas are impossible under Starmer’s red lines. He said in 2024 the UK would not rejoin the EU, the single market or customs union in his lifetime. The EEA – a single market of 30 mostly EU countries – would also mean accepting free movement of people, another Labour red line. UK government sources denied the idea that a single market for goods had been definitively rejected by the EU and said it was among a range of options being discussed before a summit tentatively pencilled in for 13 July. The UK and EU have not yet agreed a forward-looking agenda to be launched at the summit. Both sides hope to announce a veterinary agreement to ease trade in food, drink and animal products, an accord linking emissions trading schemes and to break the deadlock over a youth mobility programme – three deals promised at the last EU-UK summit in 2025. But Labour’s attempts to deepen the economic relationship are hitting the same buffers Theresa May encountered with her Chequers plan when she tried to craft a “common rulebook” for goods, without free movement of people, during the Brexit negotiations. EU officials want to avoid a complicated relationship with the UK that could prove an attractive model to anti-EU populists in the 27 member states. For instance, it is argued that a special deal for the UK could embolden a Eurosceptic c...

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Consumer giveaways may soften the blow from the the war on Iran. But Britain’s vulnerability demands deeper state intervention and a faster transition Rachel Reeves’s announcement of a series of cost of living measures this week shows a government trying to prove it still has agency and relevance. The VAT cuts on summer attractions such as theme parks and soft-play centres, free bus rides for the under-16s in England and reduced import tariffs on food are politically useful, but they do not fundamentally alter the UK’s exposure to imported energy shocks. This is a mini-budget, with the emphasis on the mini. The inflationary impact of the Iran crisis, however, will be substantial. That is why the chancellor is moving into crisis-management mode with industrial resilience funds and thinly veiled threats to tax profiteers . But it is unlikely to be enough. The repercussions from the closure of the strait of Hormuz are reviving the need for more radical state fiscal intervention. Ms Reeves moved pre-emptively because the energy regulator is next week expected to announce that energy bills are likely to rise by £209 to £1,850 a year for a typical dual-fuel household from July. That is ​an increase of 13% on the current £1,641 ​annual bill. It will be a direct hit to household disposable incomes – and Labour’s central political claim that the cost of living crisis is easing on its watch. Worse may still be to come. If households absorb a summer rise in bills and then face costs rising again before winter, the government risks a return to the levels of financial anxiety felt after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...

The award-winning Tate design at the Chelsea flower show reveals how urban spaces can be transformed by bringing art and nature together Never mind a gnome , no other garden at this year’s Chelsea flower show can boast a Barbara Hepworth sculpture like the RHS gold-award-winning Tate Britain garden . And few will have such a significant afterlife. Designed by the landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith , it is a microcosm of a major redesign for the gallery’s Millbank garden, opening next spring. Visitors to Tate Britain may be forgiven for not noticing that the 1897 gallery has a garden at all. The imposing steps and portico overshadow two rectangles of lawn. But this unloved patch will be transformed into a horticultural haven. The gallery, which like many has struggled to recover visitor numbers since the pandemic, could do with a boost. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...

Stephen Whittle was visiting the Chelsea flower show as a birthday treat with his wife on Thursday afternoon. At around the same time, the updated code of practice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission was published. It confirmed, amongst myriad updates, that single-sex spaces such as toilets and changing rooms must be used on the basis of biological sex, and that transgender people may not access those that accord with their lived gender. Among the floral displays, 70-year-old Whittle did not stray from habit. “Of course I used the male facilities, as I have done for the last 50 years. Can you imagine what the guy on security would have said if I’d gone to the ladies?” Whittle, who spearheaded the campaign for gender recognition across the UK in the 1990s, has witnessed the significant advances, both legal and social, in the intervening years, and on Friday his focus was “trying to calm people down and say: ‘Stay cool; we’ll get through this’”. For many in the trans and wider LGBTQ+ community, as well as those running businesses and services, there has been a sense of limbo since the supreme court ruling on biological sex in April 2025, as they looked to the equalities watchdog to provide practical guidance on how to implement the judgment. For gender-critical groups who have campaigned specifically for the exclusion of trans women from women-only services, yesterday’s updated code was welcomed as a consolidation of last year’s court victory. But for others it prompted more questions, and for some, the guidance confirmed their worst fears. “Just watching the evening news was kind of humiliating,” says Blake, a data analyst based near Liverpool. “Having this frame of ‘where are people going to pee?’ It’s such a reduction of the problems we have in our lives, like access to healthcare, and also a real day-to-day struggle.” While still examining the 340-page code on Friday morning, Katie Russell, the chief executive and co-founder of Support After Rape and Sex...