Helia Ebrahimi , Economics Correspondent

Well regardless of the fears expressed by industry about the impact of a No Deal Brexit, there’s growing speculation that Boris Johnson will shift dramatically from years of austerity and go on a billion pound spending spree.

A no-deal Brexit could end up costing the government’s budget as much as thirty billion pounds every year – pushing it into recession, according to the public finances watchdog.

There was much fanfare when the government declared last month that the UK would cut its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.

The leaders of the G20 richest nations are heading to Japan for a summit on Friday.

Southern Water has been hit with a record punishment of £126 million after waste was found to have spilled from its sewage plants into the environment.

The would-be Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt will get a sobering warning tonight from the Chancellor in his annual speech at Mansion House in the City.

It is still not clear exactly what caused the blasts on the Norwegian and Japanese-owned tankers. 

Many of the candidates trying to take over as Tory leader have made promises today about tax and spending.

In the Conservative leadership contest three years ago, Michael Gove reportedly told aides he’d taken cocaine.

Sir Philip Green has received a setback in the battle to save Arcadia, the business that controls a host of famous high street names, from Topshop to Dorothy Perkins.

Google’s UK boss has told this programme he accepts that the reputation of the tech sector, including his own company, has been tarred by how they handle their customers’ privacy.

It’s an issue on which a 92-year-old David Attenborough and 16-year-old Greta Thunberg agree. An issue with existential consequences – both for the future of life on Earth and the future of our lifestyles.  

Calls for the government to seriously toughen up its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions continued today.

New figures show unemployment is at its lowest since 1974, with more people either in work or looking for work. Ministers say it’s a sign of the “underlying resilience” of the British economy. And wage growth is rising too. 

Debenhams has fallen into administration after rejecting a rescue bid from Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley.