Original Broadcast: The Weeks Update
The House of Lords will consider a series of amendments to the government's controversial Trade Union Bill when it goes before peers on Wednesday. Condemned by critics as "undemocratic", the bill would only allow workers to go on strike if more than 50% of them voted for industrial action. Employers would also have the authority to hire agency staff to cover the jobs of workers who go on strike. However the greatest outrage has arisen from proposals to change the way that union members pay their dues, which according to Labour, could lose the party up to £8 million a year. Joining Investment Perspectives host Juliette Foster for more analysis of that story is Matt Wrack, Head of the Fire Brigades Union, and Professor John Weeks, Share Radio's regular economics commentator.
Guests: John Weeks
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues
Ahead of the Budget, the Momentum UK Household Financial Wellness Index highlights the areas of concern for the financial welfare of UK consumers. Financial journalist Harriet Meyer joins Georgie to talk this and all stories making the headlines today.
Guests: Ed Bowsher
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues
On Wednesday, the Chancellor George Osborne will present his latest Budget. Aside from a sighting of the fashionable red box, what can we all expect? Normally, a Budget four years out from a general election is when a government takes some risks. So what will happen to pay, pensions and petrol prices - all on the agenda. Ed Bowsher joins Georgie Frost to discuss this and all stories making the news today.
Guests: Ed Bowsher
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Original Broadcast: Your Money, Your Future
Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Lina Bourdon of City and Country Mortgages, and over the phone with David Hollingworth of London and Country Mortgages, to discuss interest only mortgages, looking at why people still have that type, and what alternatives may be a better option.
Guests: Lina Bourdon,David Hollingworth
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Original Broadcast: Women & Money
Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Jane King, an IFA at Ash-Ridge Private Finance, Adam Lake of Turn2Us, Tom Connor of Drewberry Insurance and over the phone by Alistair McQueen of Aviva, to discuss how to best protect your finances if you're self-employed and don't have the security of working for a large company or organisation. What are the benefits and drawbacks of being self-employed? Do the positives outweigh the negatives?
Guests: Jane King,Adam Lake,Tom Connor,Alistair McQueen
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Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Share Radio founder, Gavin Oldham, as well as our Young Money Champion, Amelia Murray from the Telegraph Personal Finance Team, and over the phone with Anna Sofat of Addidi Wealth, to talk about lost child trust funds. Together they look at lost or unclaimed child trust funds, after a recent research showed that nearly 900,000 people were said to be at risk of losing their savings.
Guests: Gavin Oldham,Amelia Murray,Anna Sofat
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A pensions victory for Money Mail and This is Money. George Osborne won't be making any major pension changes in next week's budget. But what will the Chancellor announce next week? And new rules will soon let most people earn £1,000 interest tax-free - yet can anybody explain how this will work?!
Guests: Simon Lambert,Rachel Rickard-Straus
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues
Holly Mackay from Boring Money website, joins Ed Bowsher in the studio for a look at the big stories of the day #SavingCrisis #BCE #Budget #roadtax and more
Guests: Holly Mackay
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Original Broadcast: Ed's Macro-Economic View
The London property market, once the favoured choice for trophy properties among affluent overseas buyers, may not have the same appeal that it once did. As issues like falling oil prices and changes to the UK Stamp duty tax come to the forefront, investor appetite for London's luxury flats is faltering. Share Radio's Patrick Jones reports on the problems facing a market with too much supply and not enough demand. Featuring CEO of LCP Naomi Heaton and Adam Challis, Head of Residential Research at JLL
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Original Broadcast: Morning Money at 7:00
The Competition and Markets Authority has published its long-awaited "remedies". It says the report will fix the broken energy market and it follows a long investigation which found the ‘Big 6’ were over-charging loyal customers. Will Heinzelmann, energy analyst at Good Energy, joined Nigel Cassidy and Steve Clarke to explain the report and look at what will happen now as a result.
Guests: Steve Clarke,Will Heinzelmann
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