The US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced an interest in buying its British rival AstraZeneca. The potential £63bn deal has set alarm bells ringing in parts of Whitehall amid fears that Pfizer - maker of Viagra - could seek to cut British jobs and reduce investment in research and development.
Joining Tom Clark to discuss this are City editor Jill Treanor, political diarist Hugh Muir and political columnist Michael White.
The debate brings into sharp focus the different approaches the leading parties have towards business and allows supporters of Ed Miliband to reprise the concept of "predatory capitalism".
Also this week: a report by the thinktank Policy Exchange predicts that the number of people belonging to an ethnic minority will double within a generation. They assert that this will require a far more nuanced approach from political parties who have a tendency to treat ethnic minorities as a homogenous group.
And we hear from some of the "born-free generation" in South Africa as they vote for the first time. The ANC is on course to win around two-thirds of the votes – but many young people have voiced disaffection with the party still much-loved by their parents for its role in ending apartheid.
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