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52:48

Strategic thinking

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/20

Felicity Hannah looks at the government's infrastructure strategy and rounds up the week's business news with her panel of experts. Download the podcast via the BBC Sounds app.

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51:44

What's in the Infrastructure Strategy?

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/19

The government is expected to publish it's 10 year, £700bn Infrastructure Strategy today - what can we expect?

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52:57

HS2 Delayed (again)

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/18

The government is set to delay the opening of HS2 without saying for how long. Sean Farrington looks at what this means for the UK rail network.

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53:33

Let's make a deal

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2025/06/17

Sean Farrington has the latest as the UK and US sign their tariff deal at the G7 Summit. Plus, how will AI affect the future of work?

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52:38

Israel-Iran war leads to spike in energy prices

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/16

Four days after Israel launched an attack on Iran, the two countries keep exchanging blows. Oil prices jumped as tensions rise in the Middle East. We also hear the latest on the search for the causes of the Air India 787 crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.And some Manchester City fans are taking legal action against the club over a new season-ticket policy they claim is discriminatory under the Equality Act.

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53:16

More Tax in Store?

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2025/06/13

Felicity Hannah speaks to a jewellery business amid warnings of further tax rises this year. Plus, we'll hear how overtourism can actually be costly for cities.

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53:24

Government Spending: Nukes, New Homes and Nuclear Power

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/12

The government's Spending Review has been published and Wake Up to Money has been combing through the detail. Will Bain goes through the highlights with Kevin Brundish, chief executive of the battery scale-up company Lionvolt; Emma Wall, head of platform investments at Hargreaves Lansdown; and Simon French, chief economist at Panmure Liberum.With technology, AI and nuclear energy getting boosts in investment in this spending round, we also hear from former boss of both Rolls Royce and semiconductor

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53:05

What's in store in Spending Review 2025?

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/11

We've had announcements on affordable housing, defence, transport and nuclear power from the government, but today we get the full details of the Chancellor's Spending Review - we get into what it could hold? Sean Farrington speaks to expert voices across economics and housing.Trade talks between the US and China continues for a third day in London - we hear from one expert who explains why rare minerals are at the centre of the negotiations.And with exactly one year until the World Cup starts in

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52:43

Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station Gets Green Light

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/10

What does the new nuclear power station mean for the UK?The government has given the go-ahead for the Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station in Suffolk. Sean Farrington asks Tom Greatrex, chair of the Nuclear Industry Association, what that could mean for jobs, power and energy bills in the UK.A group of Thames Water lenders have put forward a new plan for the water company, just as MPs ask questions about payments to senior management there. Wake Up to Money speak to the chair of the House of Commons

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32:48

What could the Spending Review hold?

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/09

How much of government spending goes on health? How big a slice of the pie does defence get? To get a feel for what takes up most of the spending, Sean Farrington looks at each government department in turn, dividing up the programme using the same proportions as the spending budget itself.

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52:12

Musk vs Trump; Will Tesla Stocks Recover?

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/06

Tensions rise between Elon Musk and Donal Trump, Felicity Hannah takes a look at how it's impacting Tesla stocks. And the UK is cracking down on 'finfluencers'.

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51:50

Splash The Cash

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/05

Barclays looks back at 10 years of spending habits, Will Bain finds out where your spare cash goes. And despite avoiding a 25% tariff, steel leaders say they’re still worried.

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52:00

Tariff Twist

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/04

Sean Farrington brings fresh reaction to Trump's U-turn on UK steel & aluminium imports. And with just a week to go before the Chancellor presents her Spending Review to Parliament, we look at the impact that could have on the NHS. Plus, hours before the launch of Nintendo's new Switch 2 console, we discuss the hype surrounding it.

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52:58

WAR READY

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/03

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced an overhaul of the U.K.'s defence spending. And fashion powerhouse Christian Dior gets a new boss who hails from Northern Ireland..

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52:42

Sub Spending

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/06/02

Sean Farrington brings you reaction as the government unveils its major defence review. As part of it The UK will build up to 12 new attack submarines. We also bring you the latest on the Polish election. And we react to it now being officially illegal for businesses to sell or supply single-use vapes.

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51:33

The tariff hokey cokey

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/05/30

Will Bain hears the latest after courts cast doubt over the President's trade war.With judges questioning the legality of Donald Trump's tariffs, our panel of economists, lawyers and business people discuss what next for US trade policy.

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51:09

Cash in your chips

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/05/29

Will Bain hears how one of the world's biggest companies is performing and asks how changes to 'deminimis' rules have affected businesses like Temu.

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53:25

Build it, they will come

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/05/28

Sean Farrington speaks to a security firm after we hear the latest updates on the Liverpool parade. We hear from a managing director of a construction and property development company in light of the government's recent proposals around housing. And after record breaking sales over the weekend, what's behind the success of the recent films at the box office?

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52:09

Horror at Liverpool parade

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/05/27

Wake Up to Money carries the latest updates on the Liverpool parade.Also, a discussion with a major sausage producer and a beef farmer about food price inflation reaching its highest in a year, and a look at the tax and spending options the chancellor has in the UK government's upcoming spending review.

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52:19

Recommended by AI

Wake Up to Money ·

2025/05/26

Sean Farrington hears from a holiday letting firm how AI is transforming the way people plan their holidays. And South Western Railway has become the first rail company to return to public ownership since the Labour government took office last year. Is the government on track for its rail renationalisation plan?

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