118. Global Mayhem: Is The UK A Safe Bet?
Steph and Robert discuss what the collapse of the French government and other unfolding global crises mean for the UK, why Keir Starmer does need to choose between the EU and the US and how businesses...
5 Des 202432min
117. How Much Did Brexit Cost The UK?
Robert and Steph answer your questions including why Rachel Reeves chose to raise national insurance on businesses instead of simply putting up corporation tax and how much harm leaving the single mar...
2 Des 202432min
116. Are We Sacrificing Growth For Worker's Rights?
General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress, Paul Nowak joins Steph and Robert to discuss whether the new Employment Rights Bill, the reforms to ‘Get Britain Working’ and the changes to National Ins...
28 Nov 202438min
115. Trump Could Kill The Dollar
Jim O’Neill, the influential economist who created the BRICS concept, joins Robert to explain why he thinks Reeves’s controversial budget could yet be one of the most important for decades, how Trump ...
25 Nov 202449min
114. The End Of The G20?
Robert and Steph discuss their respective trips to Brazil - with the Prime Minister for the G20 summit - and Belfast - for lunch with Hillary Clinton; both of them involving conversations about leader...
21 Nov 202427min
113. Dan Neidle: Labour Put Up The Wrong Taxes
Tax guru, Dan Neidle joins Steph and Robert to explain why the chancellor’s decision to increase employer’s national insurance was such a mistake, how capital gains tax should have been reformed and w...
17 Nov 202443min
112. What Trump’s Economics Means For Us
Steph and Robert discuss how the UK should respond to Trump’s economics, why business is falling out of love with Labour and whether Starmer’s plan for clean energy by 2030 is deliverable or sensible....
14 Nov 202434min
111. What Would Happen If We Didn't Tax Anyone?
The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford joins Steph to answer your questions, including how a taxless society would operate, whether we can get ourselves out of economic mess by making different lifesty...
11 Nov 202441min
