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The House of Lords is set to give the Government its first defeat on the Article 50 Brexit bill, and it's over the issue of protecting the rights of EU nationals. Keir Starmer has warned Labour has no prospect of election victory unless it changes direction. So is this sounding like more opposition against Jeremy Corbyn? Moving to the US, Donald Trump has laid out a series of promises in his first speech to Congress. Georgie Frost was joined by Billy Bambrough, Editor of economics and business website Verdict.co.uk to discuss all this and more political headlines of the morning.
Guests: Billy Bambrough
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
Joining Georgie Frost to discuss the latest market headlines was Share Radio's very own Nigel Cassidy starting with this morning's company announcements - we've heard from ITV and Man Group this morning. Also the main news, Sir Phillip Green, the former BHS owner says he'll pay up to £363 million to sort out the retailer's pension scheme. The chain went bust last April leaving 11,000 staff out of work - and a £571 million pension black hole.
Guests: Nigel Cassidy
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
Financial heavyweights Lindsay Cook from Money Fight Club and James Walker of Resolver join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to talk about the costs of using and losing your mobile phone abroad; name which energy company is getting the Sucker Punch award this week, and talk about one of the toughest issues...who deals with your money when you are no longer able to.
Guests: Lindsay Cook,James Walker
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In the first of two special reports Share Radio's Tom Hill looks at the challenges facing the industry and what consumers really have to consider before leaving the petrol behind.
Guests: Tom Hill
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Georgie Frost was joined by consumer rights expert Martyn James this morning. Today on the agenda, they discussed the news that BT could be forced to cut the phone bills of millions of customers who are on landline-only contracts, by £5 a month. Plus they look into why around 183 million unused baby clothes are sitting idle after children have outgrown them. All these stories and more on The News Review.
Guests: Martyn James
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Share Radio's Tom Hill has been speaking to founder of Diary of a Frugal Family Cass Bailey. Cass started the blog several years ago as a way to help shift to part time work and spend more time with her family. All if that needed them to save more and the blog follows that journey as well as providing tips to help others.
Guests: Cass Bailey
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
Every week, around 100 experts in all, take to the social media site to kick off the week and share experiences, tips and questions on anything money related. Last night, as it's the first of March tomorrow, they discussed the all important issue of spring cleaning your finances. Share Radio's Georgie Frost was joined by Andy Webb Personal Finance Journalist and Blogger - his site is becleverwithyourcash.com.
Guests: Andy Webb
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Sir John Major wants Theresa May to inject "a little more charm and a lot less cheap rhetoric" into negotiations to leave the EU. The former prime minister says pro-Brexit supporters have left voters expecting an "over optimistic" future. Plus Theresa May faces a row with Brussels over plans to curb migrant numbers from the European Union next month. Georgie Frost was joined by Jack Sommers of the Huffington Post to discuss all this and more political headlines of the morning.
Guests: Jack Sommers
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Joining Georgie Frost to discuss the latest market headlines was Share Radio's very own Nigel Cassidy starting with picking up on the story we were covering throughout yesterday. It's to do with more doubtful developments on the merger between the LSE and Deutsche. Moving to the representative body of British businesses - the British Chambers of Commerce. They are demanding more Brexit certainty from the government, ahead of its annual conference today. And we have had some company announcements this morning from Greggs.
Guests: Nigel Cassidy
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Welcome to the This is Money and Share Radio Podcast, brought to you in partnership with NS&I. It’s been a mixed week of results for the banks with HSBC seeing sliding profits whilst Lloyds has undergone something of a comeback with a rebounding share price. Is it fair for HSBC to point the finger at market conditions or does the success of its rivals prove it’s scapegoating? Meanwhile we’re also seeing a divide among savers as the gap between the richest and poorest households grows. Looking through the figures Georgie Frost is joined by Editor Simon Lambert and Consumer Affairs Editor Lee Boyce. Plus we look at the domestic challenges for the UK car industry and find out how to spot a rare coin.
Guests: Simon Lambert,Lee Boyce
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