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Regulation
UK jails gang behind £4m crypto police website scam
A UK crypto police scam ended with jail terms after fake law-enforcement websites helped steal more than £4 million from eight victims.
By Tomás Iglesias
Deals
British Steel nationalization puts Scunthorpe on state books
British Steel nationalization puts the Scunthorpe mill on the U.K. balance sheet at an estimated £1.3 million a day in public cost.
By Naomi Voss
Regulation
Russian shadow fleet tanker boarded by UK in 6-hour raid
Russian shadow fleet tanker Smyrtos was boarded for six hours as Britain moved sanctions enforcement from paper listings to oil logistics.
By Tomás Iglesias
Regulation
UK FCA weighs quarterly disclosures for private-credit firms
Quarterly reporting would give the FCA a steadier read on debt loads, valuation marks and concentration risk across the private-credit market.
By Tomás Iglesias
Deals
Foreign buyers turn UK discount into $192bn deal surge
Foreign bidders have pushed UK M&A to $192 billion in 2026, but the bigger story is what the surge says about Britain's valuation gap and the pricing power of overseas capital.
By Naomi Voss
