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Spiralling wholesale gas prices struck down yet another energy firm today, but this one is the biggest yet. 

Rolls-Royce has secured more than £400 million in funds from private investors and the UK government  to develop a new generation of small nuclear reactors.

In today’s episode, we speak to one of the researchers behind the four-day week trial. Does it really work, and could it soon be coming to an office near you?

We spoke to Frans Timmermans, the European Commission vice president in charge of their green deal, and began by asking him how he was going to make sure Europe delivers on its big promises.

We talked to the venture capitalist John Doerr, who’s the author of Speed and Scale, an action plan to solve the climate crisis now.

In Glasgow, after all the pledges to protect the planet and ensure a greener future, the talk has turned to how to pay for it all. 

Economics Correspondent Helia Ebrahimi explains if Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak can deliver on their new economic model and create a brighter future.

Industry leaders worst hit by the soaring gas prices have been pleading for extra support from the government, but that’s looking increasingly unlikely after the Treasury flatly denied the idea.

Conservative MPs have joined calls for more support for the industries worst hit by soaring energy costs, amid warnings that there could be even more disruption to supply chains into the winter as businesses struggle to cope with unprecedented challenges.

NatWest has admitted three counts of failing to properly monitor suspect activity by a customer who deposited hundreds of millions of pounds in its account, much of it in cash. It’s the first time a UK financial institution has faced criminal prosecution under anti money laundering laws and the state owned bank could now face…

We talk to the former chair of the Energy Intensive Users Group, Andrew Large, about rising costs.

The energy squeeze on British households looks set to intensify after wholesale gas prices shot up spectacularly this morning, rising by more than a third at one point. But prices then dropped back after an intervention from President Putin.

Faced with an economy battered by the pandemic and an uncertain future, is that kind of rosy confidence realistic?

Indra talks to Krishnan about how working from home has revolutionised the relationship between women and work and the importance of business in politics.

At one point, it covered the wages of nearly a third of the country’s workforce. But today furlough comes to an end. Most economists believe that the multi-billion pound scheme saved Britain from mass unemployment during the Covid lockdown. Now it is disappearing just as the economy faces a new shock – with gas, petrol…