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Good morning.
Rachel Reeves is pleading with supermarkets to cap the price of about 20 items, in a desperate attempt to limit the inflation caused by the prolonged Iran war. With every passing day, Britain of 2026 resembles the 1970s more strongly. To the list of rising inflation, pitiful economic growth, spiralling debt, confrontational unions, soaring oil prices and a Labour government in crisis, we can now add the spectre of price controls.
Elsewhere, Arsenal were crowned Premier League champions last night. Below, Sam Dean brings you the definitive inside story on how they did it, and we have the latest from the wild celebrations, which might well still be going. Chris Evans, Editor |
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Rachel Reeves’s call for a price cap reflects a similar proposal put forward by the Scottish National Party |
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Rachel Reeves is pressuring supermarkets to cap food prices in an attempt to limit inflation unleashed by the Iran war.
The Chancellor has asked grocers to limit how much they charge shoppers for staple items such as bread, eggs and milk, in return for relaxing red tape.
Helen Dickinson, the chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, a trade group, said price caps represent a return to the failed policies of the 1970s.
One supermarket source said Downing Street had “completely lost sight of the market as a force for better”.
It comes as the Government battles to contain the fallout from the Iran war on households.
Food and drink inflation stood at 3.7 per cent in March, and this is poised to climb further as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupts the delivery of key supplies such as fertiliser.
Under the proposed price cap, supermarkets could be excused from regulation on net zero packaging policies and could temporarily sidestep an obesity crackdown aimed at selling healthier food.
The proposal risks encouraging supermarkets to turn to cheaper foreign food and will fuel criticism that Labour’s policies are hurting British farmers, with the recent drive for closer alignment with the EU threatening to push more rural businesses to the brink.
Senior Treasury figures are understood to have contacted a number of “friendly” grocery executives to float the proposal and ask how supermarkets could be persuaded to accept it.
The talks come as the Chancellor prepares to lay out new cost of living support for households tomorrow.
Reeves had previously sought to address the impact of the Middle East conflict by inviting supermarket bosses into Downing Street to discuss the price of food and fuel.
An initial meeting had to be rescheduled after several of them refused to attend, fuelled by concerns that the Government was attempting to demonise retailers regarding claims of “profiteering”.
These latest proposals will only reignite tensions with supermarket executives.
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Telegraph View: There’s a lot Mrs Thatcher could teach Ms Reeves ➤ |
Arsenal players celebrate winning the Premier League after watching Man City slip up |
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Sam Dean at the Emirates Stadium |
When Mikel Arteta took over at Arsenal, he inherited a mess. One player was spotted “smoking like a chimney” after training, while two others hated each other so intensely that one routinely invited the other outside for a fight.
To address the situation, Arteta called a team meeting and flipped the furniture upside down. His message? “You are the overturned chairs”, a symbol of how chaotic the club had become.
That was in December 2019 and, six-and-a-half-years later, Arsenal are the Premier League champions.
Thousands of fans gathered outside the Emirates Stadium |
Arteta has installed a high-performance mentality, built a squad capable of challenging for silverware and created an unbreakable unity among players and staff. Ultimately, he has delivered when so many said he could not.
I have covered all that Arteta has changed at the club during his time there, and I was also privileged to see the unprecedented scenes of celebration at the Emirates Stadium last night, where thousands flooded the streets of north London – including a delirious Ian Wright.
Ian Wright joins fans to celebrate outside the Emirates Stadium |
After three consecutive second-place finishes in the Premier League, this is the story of how Arteta fixed Arsenal and finally ended a 22-year wait for glory.
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Robert Kenyon won the “top shot” prize for recruits while training to join the Royal Engineers as a reservist. Seven years later, he is Reform’s candidate in Makerfield. The former Lance Corporal will fight against Andy Burnham in what will be one of the most consequential Westminster by-elections in decades, the result of which will decide who will be Britain’s next prime minister. Continue reading ➤ |
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Iranian women learn how to handle weapons at a kiosk in Tehran | Credit: @Tasnimnews_Fa/ X |
After discovering that its Arab neighbours had secretly joined US-Israeli strikes on it, Iran retargeted its missiles, deployed submarines to Hormuz, and armed its civilians on live television, writes Akhtar Makoii. With 70 per cent of its arsenal still intact, the next stage of the war may look different. Pipelines and oil wells in Saudi Arabia and across the Persian Gulf, the closure of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the deployment of its most powerful missiles are all on the table for Iran’s leaders. Continue reading ➤ |
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From AI-written legal threats to receiving defamatory comments online, educators face a barrage of abuse from parents every day – and, they say, it’s all because they were just doing their jobs. Nicole Mowbray reports on the absurd demands that are driving exhausted teachers out of the classroom. Continue reading ➤ |
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Congo’s burgeoning Ebola outbreak was declared only five days ago and is already one of the largest on record, with cases rising steeply. A perfect storm of war, aid cuts and a lack of tests that detect a rare variant has combined to create a health emergency. Continue reading ➤ |
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Earl Spencer, the notorious ladies’ man with a colourful marital history, will be hoping it’s fourth time lucky. He tied the knot with Norwegian archaeologist Prof Catrine “Cat” Jarman in a private ceremony in Arizona last Friday. It hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the Earl in the romance department, and one of his contentious past relationships even threatened his newfound happiness with Jarman. Marianka Swain takes a spin through his turbulent love life. Continue reading ➤ |
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Children of the BlitzEvery weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal reader correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
A question from reader Mavis Howard has prompted a fascinating response.
“Watching the BBC programme Children of the Blitz (I was one of them)”, she wrote, “I was reminded of the box of treasured letters under my desk. My father was very patriotic and joined the Army, although he was above the recruiting age and my mother was pregnant with my brother.
“He served in the 17th/21st Lancers in North Africa and in Italy at Monte Cassino. My parents wrote to each other every week, numbering the letters. My mother wrote in a beautiful clear hand; my father replied in scrawled pencil (no ink in the desert).
“What do I do with these letters now? They contain so much forgotten social history – for instance: ‘Mavis was issued with extra coupons, as her feet have grown so much this year’.”
Mavis, it transpires, is far from the only Telegraph reader to serve as custodian of a trove of wartime correspondence, documenting day-to-day life in extraordinary circumstances.
Johnny Thoyts had a suggestion: “My father was one of four brothers, each of whom served in the Army during the First World War. Their mother kept all their correspondence, transcribing and editing much of it. My father’s letters (and his mother’s notebooks) came into my possession when he died.
“He served in France, Salonika and Palestine, and I found his letters interesting, moving and often very matter of fact – as demonstrated by one from the trenches in France in 1915, in which he says he took out a patrol and ‘bagged a pig, three chickens and a sniper’.
“Being a retired soldier myself, I decided to transcribe the letters verbatim using his own maps, sketches and photographs, adding more up-to-date maps and detail as footnotes where necessary. I have a large family, and intended the account simply for them.”
Nicholas Young, too, has hand-written family letters from the Western Front. In one dated 1916, written in pencil on tracing paper: “My great-uncle Rory responds to his sister’s query as to what he would like for Christmas.
“His poignant reply reads: ‘A reliable cheap watch, for the purpose of posting my sentries, to whom an extra five minutes’ duty may mean something serious – if you will permit me to suggest an Ingersoll, 12/6 or so (they keep time), the receipt of which would be a blessing, and a keepsake’.” Do you have a similar collection? Send your responses here and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of this newsletter.
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1873 | Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent the first blue jeans with copper rivets (neither made the front page the following day which you can see below)
1910 | The funeral of King Edward VII is held
2017 | Donald Trump arrives in Riyadh for his first foreign trip as US president
2023 | Phillip Schofield resigns from ITV’s This Morning. Details about his affair emerged only six days later.
Birthdays: Chris Froome (41), Louis Theroux (56), Earl Spencer (62), Cher (80)
Plus, in Barcelona, pigeons have been put on the pill. The birds are given what laced with contraceptives?
1. Millet
2. Corn
3. Wheat
4. Barley
Click one of the options to reveal the answer...
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Thank you for reading. Have a fulfilling day and I hope to see you tomorrow. Chris Evans, Editor
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