Trumps tax cuts and those french elections. Riding the wave of the Foodie Revolution. Celebrity chef mark hix will be with us to talk, food, fads and investment. Today, we want to know is cash your king . A survey says a third of us would rather pay digitally, do you still carry cash or is contactless the future . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Cash, rachel. Always carry that with you. I shouldnt say that. I dont have any cash on me shaking up the tax system has been a major theme of the trump administration. Today hes promising what he describes as A Big Announcement on his planned reforms. In fact, mr trump has already said hes planning what hes called maybe the biggest tax cut weve ever had. During the campaign he talked about cutting the top individual tax rate from 36. 9 to 25 . In terms of business, he wants to cut the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . Mr trump has also proposed charging american firms a one off tax ofjust 10 on money they bring back to the us fro
Well hear from teachers who say parents have made their lives a misery. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Throughout the programme well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories and, as always, keen to hear from you. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Our top story today. Labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and scrap tuition fees for Student Nurses if it wins the General Election. The party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to 1 . Labour said the policies would help Address Staffing Shortages in england that had become a threat to patients. Our political guru norman smith is in westminster for us now. Hi norman, good morning. So, how much will this pay rise be for nhs staff . Well, labour are saying they wa nt staff . Well, labour are saying they want people in the nhs to get a pay rise in line with the cost of living. So that means going up, i guess
Own Rory Cellan Jones who will also steer us through the world of flying cars. Flying pigs, more like it. And how do you like to read . Ebook sales in the uk have fallen 17 as readers bring back the book do you tap or turn . And why . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in Silicon Valley where three of the biggest names in technology have been reporting their numbers for the last three months. We are talking about the tech titans google, amazon and microsoft. And it seems they are just getting bigger and bigger. The numbers are jaw dropping, take a look. Dominates online advertising. But its still managing to grow very fast. Googles Parent Company alphabet saw revenues jump by almost a quarter on last year. Up 22 to 24. 8 billion. Remember this Isjust 3mths Worth of sales. 5. 5 billion of that was profit. Its the same story with amazon. Its one of the worlds biggest retailers it dominates Online Shopping and still saw sales grow over 22 to a
Life changing. Plus, marine a is a free man. Royal marine Alexander Blackman, who was jailed for shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter, has been released from prison. Overnight. He received a life term in 2013 for murder, but his conviction was reduced to manslaughter. His wife spoke to this programme in march when she heard the news that he would be released. I spoke to him shortly afterwards and i think it took a little longer for the realisation to hit. I think he had worked very hard to prepare himself for not such good news, so once it had finally dawned on us that we were going to be together soon, we were very happy. Well bring you all the details in the next half hour. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. So much to talk about today, please get in touch, please get in touch. Porna bell was married to rob, a Science Journalist for three years before she discovered he was a secret heroin user. We have been speaking to her in her First Television int
In sport, still tight at the top. Chelsea and tottenham both win in the Premier League. Theres still just four points between them. Do you ever ask to take home your left overs when youre eating out . So called doggy bags are standard part of Restaurant Culture in the states, but they havent really caught on here. Well find out about a new scheme aiming to change that. And carol is out and about with the weather. Hello. Good morning from truckfest. 40,000 are expected to see some amazing vehicles. Everything is in here. 0utside it is raining. The forecast is some bright spells, rain, and a few showers. Brightest skies in scotland and Northern Ireland, especially in the west. I will have more details in about 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Social Media Companies are being accused of a shameful failure to tackle on line Terrorist Propaganda and hate speech. A report by a group of mps claims sites like facebook, twitter, and google put more effort into protect