234. Is GB Energy Starmer’s missing growth plan?
How is GB Energy building a third of Britain's daily energy requirements? Can it hit the government’s clean energy target? And how is it creating high skilled jobs and new cutting edge businesses? ...
15 Des 202550min
233. The Trump Doctrine: Why Europe Is Failing & Who Wins the Warner Bros Bid?
What are the economic and business consequences for Europe of Trump’s National Security Strategy? How is the US president shaping Hollywood’s future as Netflix and Paramount fight for ownership of ...
11 Des 202544min
232. How British AI is inventing new materials
How is AI being used to transform how we create new materials? Why did the young British AI company doing it raise most money outside the UK? How might this solve some of our biggest problems like cli...
8 Des 202544min
231. Can The NHS Afford The UK-US Pharma Deal?
Why is the NHS paying more for new medicines? Will the government at last buy from British tech companies? How can the UK life sciences be more entrepreneurial? Lord Patrick Vallance, the governmen...
4 Des 202552min
230. Dan Neidle on how Reeves’ tax reforms will work
Why wasn’t the chancellor more radical? How will the new mileage tax for electric vehicles be collected? Is the new mansion tax fair? Robert and Steph deconstruct the budget with tax expert Dan Ne...
1 Des 202542min
229. BUDGET BONUS: Did the Treasury Lie?
Why did the Chancellor and Treasury suggest the public finances are a disaster when they weren’t? Why did the Office for Budget Responsibility call them out? What is the true story behind the income ...
29 Nov 202537min
228. BUDGET SPECIAL: Where's The Growth?
Do Reeves’s budget sums add up? Who will be hurt by her tax rises? And has she put saving her job above reviving the economy? Steph and Robert discuss. Find out how Google AI is helping fuel th...
27 Nov 202540min
227. How Economics Can Stop Us Making Stupid Choices
How can governments and businesses nudge us to change our behaviour? Are we too easily manipulated by the private sector? How do we design economic policy for the real world, not mythical perfect mark...
24 Nov 202539min
