Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce the UK’s budget on Monday and it includes a £5bn “restart” grant scheme, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warns that Europe could face an “era of pandemics,” and Japanese officials are preparing revisions to the country’s corporate governance code in an effort to change an inward looking corporate culture. Plus, the FT’s Patrick McGee explains how Lucid Motors will challenge Tesla in the electric vehicle market. Sunak to give £5bn boost to Covid-hit companies in Budgethttps://www.ft.com/content/9c6e7088-5577-4b17-adc1-502bffd33a76Europe must prepare for ‘era of pandemics’, von der Leyen sayshttps://www.ft.com/content/fba558ff-94a5-4c6c-b848-c8fd91b13c16?Japan prepares to shake up corporate codehttps://www.ft.com/content/a8de1297-52b1-4ee7-aa24-b4e966790dbaLucid takes on Tesla as electric vehicle competition hots uphttps://www.ft.com/content/8e01e59e-5b89-46c2-a798-6945fa2f255dNote: This episode has been updated to reflect that the Sputnik V vaccine was developed in Russia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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