UK faces housing, weather, and financial regulation issues

Several different domestic issues are being reported on in the UK. These include criticism of poor building standards affecting housing, a rise in insurance payouts due to recent storms and flooding, and regulatory changes for 'buy now, pay later' lenders and water company bonuses.

Other unrelated stories cover employers installing beehives for workplace wellbeing, the planned introduction of self-driving taxis in London, and a list of the country's top taxpayers, which includes celebrities Harry Styles and Anthony Joshua. Separately, the bank HSBC reported higher-than-expected profits.