We take a look at how it changed the world. And well be getting the inside track on the past week in business with events in asia taking centre stage from the 620 meeting in japan to the protests in hong kong. And, amazon may be celebrating its birthday, but today we want to know whether you think the Online Retail giant been a force for good or not in the Retail Sector . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start in india, on a huge day for this woman finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Shes the first woman to run indias finances since Indira Ghandi almost half a century ago. Weve been finding out how she plans to reinvigorate one of the worlds biggest economies, as she delivers the first budget of Narendra Modis new government, following his landslide election victory a month ago. And there are some big challenges. Indias jobless rate hit 6. 1 in 2018 the highest in 45 years. That means 30 Million People looking for work and awkward que
It. And he says the tories have lost control of the economy. Welcome to the show. Well, weve just had the Spring Budget. I just had the Spring Budget. I want to hear from you. Do you feel this was the moment we expected a rabbit to be pulled out of the headlights instead . Did it feel to you like the chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, was a rabbit in the headlights . Were the big headlights . Where were the big fireworks . Where was the big fireworks . Where was the big bang . Titanic tax cuts bang . We wanted titanic tax cuts instead. Does it feel like to you , like theyre rearranging you, like theyre rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic . The deck chairs on the titanic . Throughout the course of the show, ill speak to experts across housing, hospitality, manufacturing, Small Businesses , manufacturing, Small Businesses, and of course, political reaction from the conservatives, the labour party and the liberal democrats. And the most important people of you , the importan
For Prime Minister rishi sunak. Just one defeat tonight would mean the government has clocked up more by election defeats in a single parliament than any government since the 1960s. Well, lets begin with wellingborough. The seat now vacant after peter bone was found by parliament to have subjected a staff member to bullying and Sexual Misconduct. He, of course, has denied the allegations and his partner Helen Harrison is running to replace him as the conservatives hope to hold after winning with a majority of over 18,000 at the last election in 2019. Well, lets get more detail now with our east Midlands Reporter , will our east Midlands Reporter, will hollis. Will, whats the mood on the ground. 7 the ground . Yes. Well, were here just down the road, actually still inside northamptonshire shire, the county thats a part of where wellingborough is. But were just down the road in kettering. Thats because theyve got this massive Leisure Centre and this is where all the sorts of counts from
At least 100 People Killed by air strikes. Israels army air strikes. Israels army saying that its investigating one attack after claims from the hamas backed Health Ministry that many of those killed were women and children. The Palestinian Red Crescent says that bombings of major roads is complicating efforts to help critically wounded people. Fire critically wounded people. Fire crews were called to the office of a conservative mp last night after a suspected arson attack. Police are investigating after mike fryers office in north london was partially damaged by the blaze. Mr fryer told gb news the blaze. Mr fryer told gb news that the response from Emergency Services was excellent and luckily no one was in the building at the time. Luckily no one was in the building at the time. A 16 year building at the time. A 16 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed in south london. Officers were called to a home in bermondsey just after 10 00 on Christma