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Shell announces bumper Q3 earnings equivalent to £1,000 a second. Could Rishi Sunak extend the windfall tax on big energy firms? Will CEOs reluctantly accept tax rises? Our Business Editor Jonathan Prynn discusses Shell’s bumper profits and what could happen next. Plus Tessa Khan, Founder of Uplift UK, discusses how crucial a windfall tax extension could be. In this episode:

• Shell earnings “genuinely a vast amount of money”
• Will the government commit to extending the windfall tax?
• Could other industries be in line for extra taxes?
• How much is an extension to the windfall tax needed?
• Other European countries are charging higher tax rates
• How can we move away from fossil fuels?

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first PMQs: Promise of “fair” and “compassionate” decisions, reappointment of Suella Braverman defended, fracking ban reinstated. So how well did he do? Our Political Editor Nicholas Cecil examines his performance and some of the policies and decisions already made by our new prime minister. In this episode:

• How did Rishi Sunak perform in his first PMQs?
• Are there any signs of an inquiry into Suella Braverman’s reappointment?
• Fracking ban, budget announcement delayed, and changes to overseas aid
• How the markets reacted to PMQs
• “Feisty exchanges” expected in Sunak versus Starmer 

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By just making it to office Rishi Sunak has already made history, he’s the first British-Asian PM, as well as the richest to have the position and the youngest in 200 years. But, can he handle the huge challenges that lie ahead? Katie Strick, commissioning editor and senior feature writer at the Evening Standard, gives an in-depth profile of the man behind the politics.

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It’s official, Rishi Sunak will become our new Prime Minister, our third one in just seven weeks. The former chancellor has finally achieved his goal but now he has to prove himself, tackle the cost of living crisis and mend our weakened economy. 

Nicholas Cecil, the Evening Standard’s Political Editor, explains what we can expect from Rishi’s premiership and the challenges that he’ll face now he’s finally at number ten.

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Charlie Bryant has been CEO at Zoopla, the property portal, since 2018.

In this episode: 

• Why he thinks the UK's housing market's holding up in the cost of living crisis
• How Zoopla is more than a "find" portal (although he quite likes a rummage around himself)
• How people's use of Zoopla changed over the pandemic

This is a cut-down version taken from our How to be a CEO podcast. To hear the full episode click here.

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Who’s going to be crowned the UK’s 57th prime minister? 

House of Commons leader Penny Mordaunt has been the first to declare, while former chancellor Rishi Sunak and the hugely divisive ex-PM Boris Johnson are also said to be in the running.

At the same time, there’s upset that Liz Truss may be in line to receive a £115,000-a-year ex-prime minister’s payout for future public duties,

To examine the days ahead, the chances of a general election and the damage done to Britain’s international reputation, the Leader’s joined by Evening Standard deputy political editor David Bond and Dr Parth Patel, senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research.

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After just 44 days in the job, Liz Truss announced she informed the King of her resignation and will stay Prime Minister for one week until her successor is announced.

Truss becomes Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister after an open revolt by Tory MPs against her crisis-hit premiership and chaotic scenes in Westminster.

So, who's in the running to take over and - whisper it - could Boris Johnson be planning a political comeback?

To dissect this historic day in Westminster, the Leader's joined by Evening Standard deputy political editor David Bond and Antonia Jennings, associate director of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies.

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Behind the West End homage to GBBO with writer Jake Brunger, and assessing the post-lockdown health of London’s theatreland with ES arts correspondent Rob Dex.

The GBBO musical joins the likes of Only Fools and Horses, Friends, Fawlty Towers and the Eurovision Song Contest in hoping it’s got the star ingredients to tempt fans off the sofa to watch a play of a show they’ve already enjoyed on the TV. 

The gentle scandal of baked Alaska “bingate” is among highlights of culinary TV drama woven into the stage production.

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Just 42 days in the job, and the PM joins the pantheon of British prime ministers publicly apologising.

But away from her economic mea culpa, households now face up to £5,000 energy bills once the government’s cap ends in April.

To discuss the latest developments on where this leaves the UK’s finances - and the PM’s future - we’re joined by Dr Fran Boait, executive director of campaign group Positive Money.

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The newly-minted Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has set out his emergency plans he’s hoping will mend the chaos wrought by his predecessor’s mini-budget - by scrapping “almost all” of Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-cutting measures.

So, will Hunt be seen as a steady hand to bring UK finances under control, and where does this all leave the political future of PM Liz Truss? 

On this fast-moving day in Westminster, The Leader’s joined by Evening Standard deputy political editor David Bond and economic commentator Laurie Laybourn.

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