Key Developments in UK Financial and Political Landscape

Financial Times presents major developments shaping UK's economic and political landscape. Concerns over political interference have driven KKR to retract from Thames Water's rescue plan, posing challenges for the company facing nationalisation threats.

In a significant exemption, UK industry circumvents a tariff increase imposed by the US under President Trump's administration, bolstering calls for an ambitious trade deal led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The Serious Fraud Office's probe into Rockfire Investment Finance sheds light on financial discrepancies linked to solar farm investments, while substantial rail investments between Manchester and Liverpool mark a robust move in Britain's transport policy.

(With inputs from agencies.)