(Sharecast News) - The push for net zero has become "irrational" because people in developed countries are being asked to make "financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle" that will make little difference, Sir Tony Blair has warned as he called for a "reset" of climate policies. The former prime minister said that a backlash against climate change policies threatened to "derail the whole agenda", in the latest sign that the mainstream consensus on green policies is collapsing. - The Times
Barclays is to ban trans women from using female lavatories in the wake of this month's Supreme Court ruling. The bank said it would review its internal policy on the use of bathrooms to ensure that it complied with the law after judges ruled that trans women can now be excluded from single-sex facilities. The Telegraph understands that means a policy of allowing trans women to use whichever lavatory they want will be dropped. - Telegraph
Donald Trump has made a trade deal with the UK a second-order priority, sources have told the Guardian, hampering British attempts to meet their mid-May deadline. US officials have decided to split their negotiations with more than a dozen other countries into three phases, with the UK being placed in either phase two or three, according to people who have been briefed on the talks. - Guardian
President Trump personally called Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos to complain after reports that the world's biggest retailer planned to display the surcharge from US tariffs in the price tag of products on its website. Amazon denied having such a plan on Tuesday after the backlash from the White House on the day that Trump marked his first 100 days in office. - The Times
The power cuts that swept across Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France plunged the Iberian peninsula into chaos. But as fresh details emerge, it seems the cause of Europe's biggest-ever blackout can be traced back to just five crucial seconds. Red Eléctrica de España, which manages the Spanish national grid, says the crisis erupted owing to a rapid sequence of events that unfolded at Monday lunchtime. - Telegraph
The UK boss of Ikea has backed calls to pedestrianise Oxford Street as the world's largest furniture retailer finally opens its delayed store in London's prime shopping destination. The Swedish company's three-floor shop in the building that used to be Topshop's former flagship store, with a mix of meatballs, lampshades and kitchen design assistance, opens on Thursday, 18 months later than planned. - Guardian