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164. The Great British Energy Crisis Apr 27, 2025

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Why does the UK have the most expensive energy in the world? Should the places that generate the cheapest energy get the lowest prices? Should the rich pay more for their power?

Robert and Steph talk to Jonathan Brearley, the CEO of the UK’s energy regulator, OFGEM.

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163. Trump Surrenders To China And The Fed Apr 23, 2025

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Why has Trump changed his mind about firing the head of America’s central bank? Why has he also backed down on China trade tariffs? And while Rachel Reeves tries to woo Washington this week, are more UK tax rises in Autumn inevitable?

Catching up on the latest data on borrowing and growth, Steph and Robert tell you what you need to know.

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162. The Health Gap: Fixing Inequality in the UK Apr 20, 2025

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Why do poor people in the South live longer than Northerners in similar deprivation? How do we fix health inequality? What can businesses do to help?

Steph is joined by Sir Michael Marmot, professor of Epidemiology, to discuss why all policy decisions need to focus on health equity.

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161. Trump Turmoil: Starmer Should Choose EU Over US Apr 17, 2025

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Influential economist Jim O’Neill tells Steph and Robert why a trade deal with the EU is more important to the UK then one with Trump, that it would be foolish to cut off trade and economic links with China, and how the government has to be more ambitions with its UK investments.

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160. Trump Turmoil: The Latest Act Of Self-Harm Apr 16, 2025

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Robert and Steph discuss Trump’s latest play to put tariffs on rare earth minerals, alongside the indefinite restrictions he’s put on Nvidia sending their H20 chips to China, in the latest acts of self-harm for America. Also, is the UK’s path to net zero undermining the competitiveness of British industry? And why does the UK government continue to refuse to invest in Great British growth prospects?

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159. Trump Turmoil: It’s The Hope That Kills You Apr 15, 2025

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Robert explains how Trump is helping China and the EU while hurting America, what Trump’s dogma shares with the economically disastrous Soviet Union and how the US is on track for financial and fiscal Armageddon.

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158. Trump Turmoil: Starmer Takes Action Apr 14, 2025

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Robert explains how the government’s decision to save British Steel is a massive change to its industrial policy, and a response to Trump, how the latest in Trump’s tariff U-turns just sows more confusion and why investors need to be more patriotic as the global economy is reconstructed.

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157. Trump Turmoil: Never Underestimate China Apr 11, 2025

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President Trump believes a trade war with America’s biggest supplier and massive creditor, China, will be more damaging for China than for America. Steph and Robert think he may be dangerously wrong.

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156. Trump Turmoil: A Pause Won’t Stop Uncertainty Apr 10, 2025

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Is this America's Brexit? Robert and Steph explain why Trump's pause on the more extreme tariffs isn't a return to free trade and why the economic war between China and the US is like a nuclear one. Will anyone benefit or is it all bad news? Could the UK be in for cheaper prices? One big uncertainty is what Trump plans for the big drug companies. Steph and Robert dive in.

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