The cancer drugs fund: An example of Government Failure?

It looks like it
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39711137

Allocative efficiency: The changing insurance market

Thanks to Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/swinton-insurance-to-axe-900-uk-jobs-as-84-branches-under-review-10851888

Mergers: Examples

Thanks to Sky
Paint
http://news.sky.com/story/johnstones-paints-owner-ups-bid-for-dulux-firm-akzo-nobel-10849287
5 a side
http://news.sky.com/story/goals-and-powerlague-confirm-five-a-side-merger-talks-10849493

Sterling’s fall lifts UK exports, figures show

Thanks to the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/31/sterlings-fall-lifts-uk-exports-figures-show?CMP=share_btn_tw

Is free trade good or bad?

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38209407
...but Trump thinks not
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-plans-to-impose-20-tariff-on-canadian-soft-lumber-imports-1493075372
.....and again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/39724043/whys-trump-threatening-canada-over-milk

Robotic bricklayer builds houses 3x faster than humans

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/robotic-bricklayer-builds-houses-3x-faster-than-humans?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%2014th%20April%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%2014th%20April%202017+CID_554853299a8595bc1f977304848072c4&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Robotic%20bricklayer%20builds%20houses%203x%20faster%20than%20humans%20If%20you%20are%20looking%20for%20a%20vivid%20example%20of%20capital%20labour%20substitution%20in%20economics%20then%20this%20short%20video%20of%20a%20robot%20that%20can%20lay%20bricks%20several%20times%20faster%20than%20humans

Positive externalities from breakfast clubs

Thanks to tutor2u for this
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/positive-externalities-from-breakfast-clubs?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2010th%20April%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2010th%20April%202017+CID_6cc4f5558cde79635e42671648565788&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Positive%20externalities%20from%20breakfast%20clubs%20Providing%20school%20breakfasts%20free%20to%20all%20children%20in%20disadvantaged%20English%20primary%20schools%20helps%20them%20to%20make%20two%20months%20additional%20progress%20in%20reading%20writing%20and%20mathematics%20over%20the%20course%20of%20a

Exchange rates: Speculation in action

Shown by this typical daily change in the value of the £ (from the BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39525641?ocid=socialflow_twitter

Benefit cuts: A supply side policy

The government is clear on the aim of this policy, to force/encourage those on benefits to "do the right thing" and seek at least 16 hours of paid work each week............but what about the consequences? Thanks to Ch4
https://www.channel4.com/news/new-benefit-cuts-come-into-force

Falling demand for margerine

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39520588
and a great graph showing the decline in this Guardian article
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/06/unilever-flora-stork-kraft-heinz-bid

The Apprenticeship Levy: A supply side measure

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/the-apprenticeship-levy

Diesel drivers face £24 charge to enter London

Thanks to Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/diesel-drivers-face-16324-charge-to-enter-london-10824455