Economy Class

Today, we look at David Cameron’s rapid rise to Conservative leader in 2005. This is the second of six Old Newscasts looking at the story of 30 years of British politics through six votes.In this two part episode we tell the story of how after another damaging election defeat the ...  Show more

Today, Chris speaks to Sir Keir Starmer, the prime minister, about the resignation of his defence secretary John Healey, his plans for the Defence Investment Plan, and whether or not he’ll fight a potential leadership election.You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If ...  Show more

This week on The News Quiz, the panel assess the fall in inflation, Wes Streeting's latest bright idea.Written by Lucy Porter, with additional material by: Mike Shephard, Tasha Dhanraj, Peter Tellouche and Alfie Packham. Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: James Robinson Pr ...  Show more

Today on the show Soumaya Keynes talks about macroeconomic mistakes and the interest rate outlook with Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. FT economics commentator Chris Giles joins them to discuss what the Fed got right and wrong abo ...

Dr. Amesh Adalja, Senior Scholar at the Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses U.S. Covid hospital deaths hitting February levels. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Senior Editor for Energy and Commod ...  Show more

The latest hot inflation data makes difficult reading for the Bank of England, which may have to raise interest rates further. And it’s a political hot potato for the PM, who has pledged to halve inflation by the end of the year. We get reaction from Exchequer Secretary to the Tr ...  Show more