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Legal & General Group Touts £5B Returns, Streamlined Strategy at AGM

Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) used its 2026 annual general meeting to highlight progress on its strategy to become a “simpler, growing, and better-connected” business, while also marking major leadership changes at the board and executive level. Chair Sir John Kingman, presiding over his fin

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FTSE 100 shrugs off political drama as oil price dips

The FTSE 100 closed up 47.58 points, 0.5%, at 10,372.93.

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 edges lower amid renewed US-Iran tension

US President Donald Trump continued to strike a defiant tone as the US-Iran conflict continued amid the ongoing ceasefire.

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BP facing tense clash over climate transparency and shareholder rights at AGM

The oil major could face investor dissent on several fronts during the meeting at its Sunbury-on-Thames hub in Surrey.

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FTSE 100 falls as Iran war lifts inflation fears

The FTSE 100 index closed down 58.47 points, 0.6%, at 10,353.77.

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Legal & General London office windows smashed and doused in red paint

Moorgate office has red paint splattered and windows smashed

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Stocks slide and pound dives as bond yields spike

The FTSE 100 index closed down 79.65 points at 9,116.69.

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Legal & General to sell US protection arm for £1.8bn

The London-listed life insurance and pensions firm saw shares jump higher in early trading on Friday as a result.

Evening Standard

L&G warns housebuilding drive needs decade to tackle housing crisis at current pace

Group taps Greater Manchester Pension Fund to boost coffers but warns push for affordable homes must move faster

The Guardian - UK

Legal & General to expand pensions and sell housebuilder Cala

Insurance and asset management group’s new chief promises a ‘simpler’ business, focused on three divisions

The Guardian - UK

Public health expert lambasts UK government as fund to tackle inequality launches

Sir Michael Marmot wants cuts reversed as fund backed by L&G and his research institute opens to support local initiatives

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re hugely worried’: UK private pension rule changes disrupt retirement plans

Banned from making transfers or told they must wait to retire, older people tell of fears for their life savings

The Guardian - UK

Apple may be forced to reveal its AI plans to shareholders, as pressure is building internally for more transparency

A handful of big Apple shareholders may force the company to reveal its AI plans for future devices prematurely.

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Rent resentment: how the bank of mum and dad is causing a social divide in the capital

As Gen Z grapples with the fact they may never own a home in London, the "affluenza" of friends who have had property bought for them is causing relationships to sour, says Maddy Mussen

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The Guardian - UK

‘Bank of family’ to help a record number of UK house buys this year

Affordability problems for first-time buyers mean parents, grandparents and siblings are stepping in to help

Evening Standard

UK economy defying the ‘moaners and groaners’, Legal & General chief says

Legal & General boss Sir Nigel Wilson decried the levels of “moaning and groaning” about a UK economy that has proved more resilient than expected over the past 18 months.

The Guardian - UK

Rent-free revival: ‘dead’ Poole shopping street brought back to life

Landlord’s injection of imagination on Kingland Crescent helps independent retailers thrive – and offers a template for other high streets

Birmingham Post

United Utilities agrees £1.8bn deal with Legal & General

The move comes after United Utilities defended its financial position in the wake of the unfolding situation at counterpart Thames Water

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Belfast Live

Funding secured for new 'build to rent' apartments in Titanic Quarter

The Loft Lines development will consist of 627 build to rent apartments and 81 social homes

Bristol Post

L&G to close modular homes factory but Bristol project will continue

The development at Lockleaze has been heralded as an achievement by the Mayor of Bristol

The Guardian - UK

Legal & General halts new production at modular homes factory near Leeds

Group tells staff it will let most of them go, as it considers options for loss-making factory

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: 20,000 Russian troops killed in eastern offensive failures, says US

Russian casualties mark acceleration even when compared with first days of the war, says White House national security council spokesperson. Plus, all the coverage from the Met Gala

The Guardian - UK

Green investment funds pushing money into fossil fuel firms, research finds

BlackRock and L&G among asset managers using funds with ESG label to invest in coal, oil and gas

Insider UK

£60 million Met Tower transformation plans unveiled

Subject to planning permission, the redeveloped building should reopen during summer 2025

The Guardian - UK

Fast-build modular homes – an answer to the UK housing crisis?

Industry in UK is still largely loss-making but there are hopes it might soon deliver significant proportion of new homes

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