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Robert Peston and Steph McGovern follow the money to bring you insightful stories from the world of business and finance. 

Who’s making money and who’s spending it? Who’s investing, and who’s innovating? How will AI affect the way we work and why are Saudi Arabia buying up sport? How can the UK economy recover its productivity and adapt for the future?

Steph and Robert tap their extensive business contacts to answer these questions and decode the jargon to help make sense of the financial world.

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Robert Peston and Steph McGovern follow the money to bring you insightful stories from the world of business and finance. 

Who’s making money and who’s spending it? Who’s investing, and who’s innovating? How will AI affect the way we work and why are Saudi Arabia buying up sport? How can the UK economy recover its productivity and adapt for the future?

Steph and Robert tap their extensive business contacts to answer these questions and decode the jargon to help make sense of the financial world.

    The Conservative Manifesto: what would they do with your money?

    The Conservative Manifesto: what would they do with your money?

    What are the Tories planning if they win the General Election on July 4th? Can they really raise enough money from welfare and tax avoidance to cover their promises? What is the purpose behind cutting national insurance again? Robert and Steph break down the 76 page Conservative manifesto to find out if the maths really do add up.

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    Assistant Producer: Fiona Douglas
    Producer: Ross Buchanan
    Senior Producer: Dom Johnson
    Head of Content: Tom Whiter
    Exec Producers: Chris Sawyer, Neil Fearn, Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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    • 45 min
    Are climate boycotts doing more harm than good?

    Are climate boycotts doing more harm than good?

    Are Fossil Free Books right to put pressure on Hay, Cheltenham and Edinburgh International Book Festival to drop their main sponsor? How do political parties fund their election campaigns? Do high street banks make a profit when the Bank of England put up interest rates? Robert and Steph answer your questions.
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    • 36 min
    How Labour could end the strikes with Mick Lynch

    How Labour could end the strikes with Mick Lynch

    If Starmer and Labour win, how does Mick Lynch think he should fix Britain? Steph and Robert talk with the UK’s influential trade union leader to answer this question and more.
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    Senior Producer: Dom Johnson
    Head of Content: Tom Whiter
    Exec Producers: Neil Fearn, Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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    • 51 min
    Will Labour’s Plan To ‘Make Work Pay’ Actually Work?

    Will Labour’s Plan To ‘Make Work Pay’ Actually Work?

    Is Labour’s new 24 page plan too heavily skewed towards workers and leave businesses powerless? Robert and Steph dig into the Labour Party’s new proposal to ‘Make Work Pay’ on this episode.

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    Senior Producer: Dom Johnson
    Head of Content: Tom Whiter
    Exec Producers: Neil Fearn, Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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    • 48 min
    Is there any money left?

    Is there any money left?

    Head of the IFS, Paul Johnson, joins Steph and Robert on this episode of The Rest is Money. Will the next government have to increase taxes? Will growth and productivity improve? What is within the next Chancellor’s power to change? Listen as we answer all these questions and more.

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    Assistant Producer: Fiona Douglas
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    Exec Producers: Neil Fearn, Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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    • 52 min
    Is it time for a wealth tax?

    Is it time for a wealth tax?

    Where will the Treasury find £10 billion for infected blood victims? How do you actually question and challenge business leaders and politicians? And is is true that we're running out of cocoa?  Join Steph and Robert as they answer all these questions and more on this episode of The Rest is Money.

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    • 41 min

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