Business

If there’s one thing the markets don’t like, it’s political uncertainty and risk. But that’s the story here, as well as in France and Germany. Europe’s three biggest economies are all facing hugely important elections this year.

It’s the first working day without coal power since the Industrial Revolution. Once Britain’s industry was fuelled by thousands of mines, now there is barely a handful.

t’s an ambitious target and one that the government is on course to miss. The UK is currently committed to getting 15 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, under the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive.

Now it’s meant to change our lives for the better – but will Artificial Intelligence save us or enslave us?  AI – computers that can think like humans – has enthusiastic supporters – who believe it’ll trigger an upheaval rivalling the Industrial Revolution.

Joining me now: the technology entrepreneur and former policy advisor to David Cameron and George Osborne — Rohan Silva.

Artificial Intelligence – once the stuff of science fiction, it’s now becoming a reality across our society. Healthcare is one area where doctors believe AI could transform the way patients are treated – so could it be a saviour for the cash strapped NHS?

The UK’s largest retailer, Tesco has announced its first full year of growth for seven years. Interview with Tesco Chief Executive Dave Lewis on the forecast for the company.

In news that will greatly please the White House, Melania Trump has accepted damages from Associated Newspapers for the false accusation in the Daily Mail and Mail Online that she had previously worked as an escort.

The UK’s inflation rate stayed at 2.3 per cent in March, but may well have risen if it hadn’t been for the timing of Easter. Food prices in March were 1.2 per cent higher than last year, the biggest annual rise for three years.

The boss of Barclays, Jes Staley, could lose his annual bonus after two regulators opened an investigation into his conduct in a whistleblowing case.

Charities claim hard-hit families could lose thousands of pounds a year – thanks to the two child limit on universal credit. We meet those already struggling to manage.

From West London the Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi who voted for Britain to leave the European Union, and the Chief Market Strategist for JP Morgan, Stephanie Flanders.

One of the bastions of British commerce – Lloyd’s of London – is to set up a new European subsidiary in Brussels to avoid losing business when the UK leaves the EU.

Tesco’s UK arm has agreed to pay just under a quarter of a billion pounds in a deal with the authorities over the accounting scandal that rocked the company in 2014.

Rupert Murdoch’s plan for an eleven billion pound takeover of Sky is being sent to the regulators. The government said it wants advice on whether the deal is in the public interest. It’s the second time Mr Murdoch has tried to take control of Sky – but his last effort foundered after the phone-hacking scandal…