so mortgage costs rise, too, and there s a return of the 100% house loan. recession s probably off the table, but making ends meet is tough. people come in and sometimes they mention they ve only got so much to spend so, you know, you try and give them the best deal you can. so we have one big question this morning. will it be hard for the country to make a living for years to come? sky high gas and electriticy prices are part of the problem the energy secretary, grant shapps, is here. what would labour do differently? johnny reynolds shadow business secretaryjoins us too. and maybe the economy will be turned upside down by robots anyway tech boss emad mostaque has stopped by. i think this will be a bigger economic impact than the pandemic. it s up to us to decide the direction. and food prices are part of the pressure. the boss of world food programme cindy mccain on why it s a much bigger problem than at our checkouts. we are asking everybody to please support us be
that is representative and owned by us? i think it will be a mixture of the two and i hope to help with the latter. emad mostaque, thank you so much for coming to talk to us. it s been a fascinating conversation. my pleasure. thank you. emad mostaque the boss of a! firm stable diffusion talking to me there. thomasina, this threat and opportunity from artificial intelligence is already starting to have an impact in business. i think you have found some pictures of a restaurant injapan where robots are already serving people. can you see sometime soon in your businesses this playing a role? brute sometime soon in your businesses this playing a role? sometime soon in your businesses this playing a role? we have always loved tech and this playing a role? we have always loved tech and embraced this playing a role? we have always loved tech and embraced it, - this playing a role? we have always loved tech and embraced it, and - loved tech and embraced it, and things like paying bill
down to ultimately. the cost of living crisis people are struggling with. if the conservatives can manage to get on top of inflation and handle the economy in such a way that people feel they are slightly better off at the beginning and end of this than they were at the beginning then they have a chance at the next election but that looks really tough to do given the broader picture and the fact that rishi sunak doesn t have the direct mandate a conservative party members makes that even harder to try and get his team on board and i ve been struck over the last few days talking to tory mps how despondent they are really about their chances running up to the next election and critically how they don t have the fire of rebellion in their bellies. they think they are going to limp on in the election and many think it will be a fatal complete. many think it will be a fatal complete- many think it will be a fatal comlete. , ., ., complete. somebody, a former minister, described complete.
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