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The Rest Is Money

Robert Peston and Steph McGovern bring you insightful business and finance stories. Join Robert Peston and Steph McGovern as they delve into the key challenges and opportunities facing today’s business world. From the complexities of tech investments to the impact of political decisions on global markets, this podcast offers valuable perspectives on current financial topics. Whether discussing business funding, economic policies, or corporate strategies, they provide listeners with the tools to

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53:28

105. What You Need To Know To Judge The Budget

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2024/10/28

Robert and Steph assess Reeves’ ambitions for the most important budget since the 1980s, whether hypothecated taxes work, and how Russia, China and India are plotting the biggest attack on America's economic power in history. Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: Evan Green Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of

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50:43

104. Martin Lewis: Are we better off under Labour?

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2024/10/23

Martin Lewis, the MoneySavingExpert, joins Robert and Steph to crunch the numbers on how Labour got it wrong on the winter fuel payment, the scandal of councils’ vicious debt collection, how schools are failing our children and why, despite suing Facebook, scammers are still getting away with using his face. Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok:

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47:19

103. It’s Time To Live With Higher Inflation

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2024/10/20

Steph and Robert talk to leading economist and investor Mohamed El-Erian about how growth is the only solution to our national debt burden, how he would re-write the fiscal rules to allow for much more public investment and why central banks must increase their inflation targets from 2% to 3%Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok:

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56:46

102. The Truth About Trump’s Economic Madness

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2024/10/16

Former Trump staffer and The Rest Is Politics US host, Anthony Scaramucci joins Steph and Robert to explain why Trump’s planned interference with the Fed would wreck the US economy, why America’s billionaires like Musk don’t care and why he’s backing Harris.Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: Alice

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38:24

101. How Rachel Reeves Will Re-Write Fiscal Rules

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2024/10/13

What options does Rachel Reeves have to allow for more investment, how can we be more productive as a service economy and does the NHS have a management problem? Steph and Robert answer your questions.Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley + Becki Hills Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom

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43:13

100. John McDonnell's Alternative Autumn Budget

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2024/10/09

Robert and Steph are joined by former Shadow Chancellor of The Exchequer, John McDonnell, to discuss what he thinks Rachel Reeves should and shouldn't do in the upcoming budget, how child poverty should be Labour's number one priority, and how he feels about this Labour government in general. Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok:

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34:41

99. How To Stop Big Tech Damaging Mental Health

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2024/10/06

Robert speaks to economist Danny Blanchflower about the surge in mental ill-health among young people, which his global research shows is linked to the proliferation of smart phones since 2014. As a former member of the Bank of England’s MPC, he also talks about what’s gone wrong at the Bank. Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok:

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36:59

98.⁠ ⁠Why Reeves Is Struggling To Find Taxes

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2024/10/02

Robert and Steph discuss how changing pensions tax relief in Rachel Reeves’s budget could lead to strikes by public sector workers, why putting up capital gains tax rates may see less money raised by government and why private equity giant Blackstone is investing £10bn in the North East to build the biggest AI data centre in Europe.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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34:34

97. The Economics of Happiness

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2024/09/29

Robert and Steph are joined by Lord Richard Layard, a 90 year old economist who has dedicated his life to researching and encouraging politicians to consider the happiness of their populations when taking decisions. They also discuss whether faster growing economies increase wellbeing and how the presence of women in politics has positive effects on the people who live in those countries (most of the time). Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and

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33:09

96. Will The Autumn Budget Cure Our Blues?

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2024/09/25

Robert and Steph discuss how the Treasury can encourage more investment to fix the economy and public services, why the Bank of England didn’t cut interest rates and isn’t doing more to stimulate growth, and whether the government is right to force employers to allow us to work from home. Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok:

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43:29

95. The Children's Homes Scandal: Part Two

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2024/09/22

Robert and Steph catch up after the huge response we’ve had to the Children’s Services special episode and ask the Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Philipson, how she intends to fix the shocking crisis currently involving the hundreds of millions of pounds of profit being made each year on the care of children at the taxpayer’s expense. Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram:

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45:39

94. How To Fix Education

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2024/09/18

Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson tells us her plans to solve: the skills gap, teacher’s pay needs, early years childcare provision, further education underfunding, the rising demand for SEN services, the forgotten third (kids who fail maths and English GCSE), plus Robert and Steph’s biggest obsession; how do you make sure schools prepare young people for the world of work. Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email:

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41:53

93. The Children's Homes Scandal

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2024/09/15

A special episode on the hundreds of millions of pounds of profit disappearing out of our children's homes and into the hands of private investors. With four out of five owned by private companies, and some ultimately owned by private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds, Robert and Steph look at why our cash strapped councils are forking out so much and what needs to be done to make sure our most vulnerable children are not losing out.Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the

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39:26

92. Are Labour’s economic plans in trouble?

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2024/09/11

Robert and Steph discuss how Starmer and Reeves made such a mess of scrapping the winter fuel payment, whether they were also wrong to abolish the social care cap and the risks of their new protections for workers.Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom

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91. Should everyone get free money?

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2024/09/08

Robert and Steph look at the pros and cons of a Universal Basic Income. They also answer your questions on increasing the income tax threshold to £20k and discuss whether concert goers are being ripped off. Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom

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42:43

90. How Billionaires Think

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2024/09/04

Robert and Steph are joined by polling guru Nate Silver to discuss how Silicon Valley investors and tech billionaires are a breed apart from politicians and journalists, how they measure risks before making huge bets, and what we can learn from them.Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer:

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46:45

89. Why are so many young people struggling to get a...

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2024/09/01

With joblessness amongst young people the highest it’s been for a decade, Lauren Mistry from Youth Employment UK talk exclusively to Robert and Steph about the disturbing findings of their Youth Voice Census.Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom

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39:49

88. Why are Labour drip-feeding us the bad news?

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2024/08/28

Steph and Robert discuss Keir Starmer’s gloomy speech that set the tone for a ‘painful’ Autumn budget, look at why short selling the stock market isn’t always a bad thing and team up with The Rest Is Entertainment to discover why celebrities are launching so many alcohol brands.Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant

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41:27

87. Will Labour Scrap Council Tax?

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2024/08/25

Steph is joined by economics commentator Grace Blakeley to answer your questions, including what a world without landlords would look like, how Labour might reform council tax and whether community fundraising would help improve local infrastructure.Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Becki

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44:48

86. The 'Capitalist Lie': who's really in control?

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2024/08/21

This week Steph is joined by economics author Grace Blakeley who argues that capitalism is not what we think it is. They discuss whether we really are in a free market and what that means for the government's plans like the National Wealth Fund. Plus, whether there can ever be equality with a two tier education system.Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok:

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