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Chancellor George Osborne has dropped plans to end or alter tax relief on pension contributions. But we know he will need to find other ways to save money. So what could he do? Sam Bowman, Executive Director of the Adam Smith Institute, joins Share Radio to outline the key reforms and tax cuts it hopes to see the Chancellor announce.

Guests: Steve Clarke,Sam Bowman

Published: Thu 10 March 2016

Dan Hodges, Commentator at The Mail on Sunday, discusses the latest political stories. Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, has described the prospect of a British exit from the European Union as the "biggest domestic financial stability risk" facing the UK. And there have also been reports that The Queen is supporting a Brexit. So what does Dan think?

Guests: Chris Bailey,Dan Hodges

Published: Wed 9 March 2016

Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP for North East Somerset, joins Sue Dougan discussing his life in politics, his family history and his favourite tracks.

Guests: Jacob Rees-Mogg

Published: Sat 5 March 2016

John Longworth, Director General of The British Chambers of Commerce, will today claim that voters have a choice "between the devil and the deep blue sea" in the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union. John joined Nigel Cassidy and Rachel Winter to talk about the BCC’s stance, whilst also looking ahead to their annual conference: ‘Britain’s Economy: New Dawn or Back to the Future?’.

Guests: Rachel Winter,John Longworth

Published: Thu 3 March 2016

For our regular focus on the UK Political scene, senior political analyst at consultants De Havilland Mike Indian joins Ed Mitchell, Investment Perspectives Presenter.

Guests: Mike Indian

Published: Wed 2 March 2016

The Prime Minister has launched a £20m initiative aimed at helping female members of the Muslim community with their language skills in an attempt to integrate them into the community and help tackle extremism. The initiative urges an end to "passive tolerance" of practices which he says leave many Muslim women facing discrimination and isolation. Muslim women who fail to improve their English face being refused permission to stay in the UK. Muslim women have been fighting back following those comments on Twitter with the ironic hashtag #traditionallysubmissive. In this episode of Questions Of Faith we take a look at the positive contributions the Muslim Community make to the UK culture and economy.

Guests: Sukaina Hirji,Halima Khanom

Published: Sun 28 February 2016

Francesco Guerrera, Associate Editor, Chief Financial Correspondent at Politico, joins Share Radio to talk on the biggest stories in the political world. Francesco talks more on Brexit, discusses the G20 meeting of financial ministers, looks further into the issue of migration and also touches upon bank stress tests.

Guests: Francesco Guerrera

Published: Fri 26 February 2016

Gareth Mann, CEO of big data products company, Digital Contact, joins Nigel Cassidy and Paul Sedgwick to look at how social media analysis can correctly predict the Brexit referendum result, in light of UK Fin Tech Week. As the EU Referendum approaches, can small and innovative data companies make the right predictions?

Guests: Paul Sedgwick,Gareth Mann

Published: Thu 25 February 2016

This year's National Farmers Union conference in Birmingham begins and Phil Bicknell, Head of Food & Farming at the NFU, joins Sarah Lowther and the Financial Orbit's Chris Bailey live from the conference to discuss this year’s event, the future of agriculture and the political challenges posed both within the UK and EU.

Guests: Chris Bailey,Phil Bicknell

Published: Tue 23 February 2016

Jack Sommers, Assistant News Editor for the Huffington Post UK, discusses the Brexit debate, David Cameron's reaction to Boris Johnson after the Mayor of London announced he wanted to leave the EU, and what this all means for Jeremy Corbyn.

Guests: Chris Bailey,Jack Sommers

Published: Tue 23 February 2016