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UK Voters Call For Lower Taxes & Energy Bills As Economic Concerns Grow Via CityAM, According to a new poll, most British voters want lower energy costs and tax cuts to support growth. A large majority rated the UK economy as poor and showed little faith in current progress. Business leaders are also increasingly pessimistic, citing geopolitics and rising costs. British voters want Rachel Reeves to cut taxes and reduce energy costs in order to focus on growth, as a majority of people felt the UK economy was “poor”, new research has shown. Polling by Freshwater...

Europe's Utility Sector Is 'On The Brink Of A New Regime' Authored by Gregor Morris via BondVigilantes.com, Europe’s utilities sector is on the brink of a generational shift. After more than a decade of subdued demand, the system is being forced to modernize, rebuild and expand. Electrification, datacentres, renewable integration and ageing infrastructure are converging into what can only be described as unprecedented capital expenditure programmes across the sector.  Simplistically, the bullish narrative is a convergence of rising electricity demand, visible investment pipelines, increase in regulated investments and improving returns. However, the same forces...