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Italy is staying on track for a collision course with Brussels over its budget. Lorenzo Codogno is a former chief economist at the Italian Treasury in Rome and tells us why Rome is not backing down on what the European Union regards as excessive government spending. A recent report by the RAND Corporation suggests the US, Canada, UK, Germany and Japan lose up to $400bn per year through lack of sleep. We have a report from the Somnex Sleep Show in London asking what we can do to ensure we get enough rest. Plus our regular workplace commentator Pilita Clark considers why virtual assistants on smartphones and smart speakers feature predominantly female voices.

(Picture: An Italian and EU flag. Picture credit: Getty Images.)