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The Bigger Picture: A fifth of UK adults not looking for work, Starmer as an international statesman

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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: A fifth of UK adults not looking for work, Starmer as an international statesman
Political commentator Mike Indian discusses the fact that a fifth of UK adults are still not looking for work, what used to be called NEETS. The Government has to focus on getting as many people as it can into work sustainably, laying the groundwork for what it will be judged for at the next election. Mike believes that its communication strategy has improved massively. Starmer has come into his own on the international stage, arguably moving into the space at the top of Europe while the US is playing silly buggers with foreign policy. While it will take time to ramp up Europe's defence capability, governments have to think the unthinkable.
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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: The shift from US markets to Europe & BAE Systems

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: The shift from US markets to Europe & BAE Systems
Finlay Mathers and Neil Shah of Edison Group discuss the move by investors out of the US and into the UK and other European markets, as Trump's tariffs produce a downturn for the American economy and equities. The UK market is far cheaper, has less downside, and it doesn't take much money moving from the big seven US megacaps to stimulate change in European markets. Finlay also discusses BAE Systems which is up 25% in the past twelve months. As a beneficiary of increased defence spending and with an order backlog of £78bn, it has strong growth potential, especially in maritime and armoured vehicles.
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Finlay Mathers

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The Bigger Picture: What is Trump really up to, lessons from the Laffer Curve & the centre-right civil war

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The Bigger Picture: What is Trump really up to, lessons from the Laffer Curve & the centre-right civil war
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University says that Donald Trump wants to push through a fundamental rebalancing of the US economy, shifting wealth from the public to private sector. He is willing to go through a period of chaos to do so, using tariffs as a blunt foreign policy tool to bully and cajole. In the UK, we may be at, or over, the peak of the Laffer Curve where taxes cause a change in behaviour. 15-30% of cigarette purchases could now be illicit. Will the government reduce duty to increase revenue? And with Labour stealing some centre-right policies, will the strife in those parties intensify and how can they respond?
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Professor Tim Evans

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The Business of Film: Mickey 17, Marching Powder & Sing Sing

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The Business of Film: Mickey 17, Marching Powder & Sing Sing
James Cameron-Wilson says that #1 Mickey 17, from Parasite's Bong Joon Ho, is a sci-fi film about replicated human beings in the vein of Terry Gilliam which seems terribly familiar. He found the lead irritating and thought it entirely humourless. #3 Marching Powder proved to James's surprise that he IS shockable after all. Another Nick Love-Danny Dyer collaboration about a coke addict who loves violence, it's a state-of-the-nation black comedy which is massively politically incorrect and offensive. Yet there's no denying it's well made and often witty. On Amazon Prime Sing Sing, thrice-Oscar-nominated, is about the power of theatre to heal. It is funny and deeply moving and James recommends it highly.
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James Cameron-Wilson

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Gadgets & Gizmos: Flying cars, anxious AI therapists & using brain cells in silicon chips

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Gadgets & Gizmos: Flying cars, anxious AI therapists & using brain cells in silicon chips
Steve Caplin marvels at the video of a flying car – because it is so poorly made, as if from Thunderbirds. There's a seaglider that appears to float rather than skim. The world's largest tyre maker – Lego – is to use recycled ropes, nets and oil. A new silicon chip apparently uses fused human brain cells to make it faster. AI therapists are showing signs of anxiety from hearing of traumatic events. Blind patients may be able to see but the process is rather squirm-inducing. There's a crowd-funded rugged phone. Spent nuclear fuel could actually power new reactors for decades. And the US navy has a new unmanned prototype warship.
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Steve Caplin

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: What do US tariffs mean for the UK?

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: What do US tariffs mean for the UK?
Everyone is asking what American tariffs mean for the UK, says Russ Mould of A J Bell. The UK isn't currently in the firing line, except for steel, but this may change next month because of VAT. 13% of global trade involves the US. For the UK, it totals £280bn, much less than with the EU. Trying to second guess what will happen is a fool's errand. Investors should go back to fundamentals. So far UK and European equities are not as volatile as in the US, partly because our markets are cheaper. American contacts claim that, unlike last time, Trump is less interested in the stock market than in the bond market, attempting to tackle America's bloated debt while keeping the treasury rate under control. Trump can't run for another term, but he might be concerned about his legacy.
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Russ Mould

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Accsys Technologies & Greggs

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Accsys Technologies & Greggs
Chloe Won Yung Shin and Neil Shah of Edison Group highlight Accsys Technologies after their recent investor day. The company uses its patented process to turn fast-growing sustainable softwoods into tough, long-lasting wood. It has overcome past cost overruns and changed management. Now underpromising and over-delivering, it has huge potential. In its preliminary results, Greggs revealed that it is having a tough time in the difficult consumer environment but it is expanding its evening trade and digital offering and performing well. The recent sharp fall in the share price means that it looks attractive on a historical basis.
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Chloe Wong Yun Shing

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The Business of Film: The Last Showgirl, Elton John: Never Too Late & the Oscars round-up

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: The Last Showgirl, Elton John: Never Too Late & the Oscars round-up
James Cameron-Wilson laments box office falling 42%, saying it is unlikely to pick up until May when the new Mission Impossible film is released. #5 is The Last Showgirl in which Pamela Anderson plays an exotic dancer feeling her age after 30 years stripping in Las Vegas. Despite good performances from her and Jamie Lee-Curtis, James found the appalling camerwork made it hard to engage. He thought the Disney+ documentary Elton John: Never Too Late was eminently watchable but felt there were big gaps in the narrative. James finishes by rounding up this year's Oscars and highlighting where he thought the Academy voters got it wrong.
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James Cameron-Wilson

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The Bigger Picture: Trump & Zelensky, Europe's response and what US tariffs could mean

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The Bigger Picture: Trump & Zelensky, Europe's response and what US tariffs could mean
Political commentator Mike Indian says that since Trump's return to the White House, we are living in a very different world. The presidency is more sure-footed than Trump's haphazard first term. The staged falling out with Zelensky is a confirmation of the US pivot away from the world stage to a sharper, more protectionist era. It helped Keir Starmer have his best week as PM since he took office and Europe's talk of rearmament is history in the making. It is hard to see Trump's imposition of tariffs – effectively a tax on his own people – doing anything other than slowing the global economy and causing a spike in inflation. It will certainly impact the UK government's ability to choose its spending priorities.
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Mike Indian

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Gadgets & Gizmos: Disguising cold call voices, paper batteries & an affordable e-bike

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Disguising cold call voices, paper batteries & an affordable e-bike
Steve Caplin points out that Apple Intelligence isn't always particularly bright. Indian call centre voices could soon be disguised "to build a more understanding world". Citibank's $81 trillion mistake. Paper batteries might replace lithium. Limitless thermal energy comes a step closer. HarmBlock could stop children seeing what they shouldn't on phones. Scientists trying to produce a woolly mammoth have created a woolly mouse. Humanoid robots working in pairs can now put away items they've never seen before. There's an impressive affordable new e-bike. And scientists have worked out how to grow teeth.
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Steve Caplin

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