Robert Peston and Steph McGovern follow the money to bring you insightful stories from the world of business and finance. Who’s making money and who’s spending it? Who’s investing, and who’s innovating? How will AI affect the way we work and why are Saudi Arabia buying up sport? How can the UK economy recover its productivity and adapt for the future? Steph and Robert tap their extensive business contacts to answer these questions and decode the jargon to help make sense of the financial world.
Who were the traders who took the hit when the public turned on the City after the financial crisis? How did Tom Hayes lose his marriage, all his savings and his freedom in a case that has since been over-turned by the Supreme Court? Why will he get no compensation? In the second part of this two-episode interview, Robert talks to Tom Hayes about how he lost everything when he took the rap for the flaws in the LIbor interest rate 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: @RestIsMoney https://goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why did the authorities jail LIBOR trader Tom Hayes when so many reckless bankers went unpunished? How was Libor so central to the multi trillion dollar financial system? What did Hayes do to put himself in the firing line? In the first part of a two-part series, Robert talks to Tom Hayes and shines a light on the true Libor scandal. It isn't what you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is the government already in a debt trap, where the economy can't grow fast enough to cover its rising interest bill? Can the government spur economic growth enough to rescue the UK from relentless tax rises and spending squeezes? How should the machinery of government be reformed to turn a growth mission into a practical reality? Robert and Steph look at the warning from the respected NIESR that a debt trap may be an imminent danger. 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 https://goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How much harm to the collective solidarity of nations has been done by America's resurgent nationalism? Can the global economy absorb the costs of Trump's tariffs without a slump? Is there any case for Trump's new 50% tariffs on India? Robert speaks with Philip Coggan, former Economist columnist about his new book The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What are the repercussions of global trade deals being put together with little to no detail in the actual agreements? How has the US President convinced the European Commission to agree to purchase $600bn worth of US energy products when it doesn't have the mechanism to do so? Did Trump end up winning his game of "4D chess" with the global markets? Steph speaks to The Economist's Wall Street Editor, Mike Bird. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why is the fastest growing demographic of shoppers not being properly catered for? What can retailers do to change that and make more money? And why is this important for the whole economy, not just the 15 million people in the UK directly affected by it? Steph speaks to Heather Jackson CEO of GenM about the economics of the menopause. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Should Starmer and Reeves worry less about breaching the manifesto to restore growth? How could they have negotiated a better trade deal with the EU to avoid the black hole in the public finances and avoid tax rises? How and why have small businesses been dodging billions of pounds in taxes? Robert and Steph discuss. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why is Hewlett Packard still going after Mike Lynch's money? Trump wants the US central bank boss out, but will it give him more control over interest rates? And how much are the trade tariffs hurting the US economy? Steph also finds out whether Robert's predictions about 2025 are right after he said it would be the most influential year of our lives. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is the British Business Bank taking enough risk to close the funding gap that holds back UK enterprises? How do we stop the unicorns relocating to the US? Do we need a new name for and whole new approach to pension savings? Steph and Robert talk to the government-owned bank's chair Stephen Welton about what he'll do with all the extra billions Rachel Reeves has allocated him to support small businesses. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Will ads promoting investing make more people take the risk? Is removing the ring fencing of retail and investment banking a good thing? How did the credit crunch affect our animal spirits? Following the chancellor's Mansion House speech to the City, Robert and Steph discuss the pros and cons. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why is the UK lagging behind other countries when it comes to our debt and budget deficit? Did austerity help or hurt — and was there a better way? And with major events like Brexit and Covid, was our economic slump unavoidable? Steph and Robert chat with the outgoing boss of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson, for a deep dive into the UK's public finances. And to find out what he thinks a fair and effective tax system looks like. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producers: India Dunkley and Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why is the OBR warning that the UK is heading towards fiscal catastrophe? Will Rachel Reeves put up all the wrong taxes in the autumn budget? Are the fiscal rules compatible with growing the economy? Steph and Robert drill into the UK's public finances crisis with Paul Johnson, who this week is standing down as the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and has been judge and jury of the nation's Chancellors since 2011. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Producer: India Dunkley Video Editor: Teo Ayodeji-Ansell Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is it healthy that 70% of the rise in British people's wealth over the past 30 years has come from our homes? How do we direct more of our savings in to productive businesses? Should our homes be liable for capital gains tax? Steph and Robert talk to Conservative MP and former Minister for Security, Tom Tugendhat about his radical ideas to end the British obsession with home ownership. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why has welfare reform got so many MPs crying? How much of a problem are the fiscal rules? Can the Labour Party stick with their election winning manifesto? After a dramatic couple of days Robert and Steph discuss how they got here and what happens next. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why do governments lie about how we will be bankrupted by pension and health costs in 30 years? How can we persuade young people to start saving now to avert this catastrophe? And why is saving cash not enough? Robert and Steph speak to Karen Ward, Chief Market Strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management about her new and terrifying research into Britain's savings crisis. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Find out more about Premium Bonds at https://NSandI.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producers: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell, Hannah Grieve Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How does the tax system work for non-doms? Does Reform's idea for a ‘Britannia Card' have any merit? Is Dan Neidle really a "far left political activist"? Steph and Robert speak to the Tax Policy Associates founder to find out. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is this the calm before the storm for market reaction? How will China influence Iran's response? Will the bombing undermine Starmer's friendship with the US President? Robert and Steph assess the economic consequences of Trump's geopolitical gamble. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Find out more about Premium Bonds at https://NSandI.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Have the leaders of the G7 ever been more divided? Why have markets been relatively calm about the Israel-Iran conflict so far? What are the scenarios that could cause oil prices to surge and stock prices to collapse? Steph and Robert discuss. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Find out more about Premium Bonds at nsandi.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What is the Tory Leader's position on the future of the NHS? Is she for or against green energy and net zero? And what is her plan to woo young people and small businesses? Robert speaks to Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch about her vision for another Tory government. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What difference will the healthcare and defence budget increases make?Where does it leave other departments? Will we ever catch up on infrastructure and research investment to be the economic powerhouse we want to be? Robert and Steph discuss the Spending Review and why Robert had to read 7 lengthy documents to get any useful detail. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why are Trump's tax and spending plans a global problem? Where are investors putting their money now? Can Reeves' spending review make the UK a winner? Steph and Robert discuss. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why isn't the government honouring its pledge to transfer more power to mayors? Why doesn't the government do more to attract American talent to the UK? Should the London mayor set rent controls? Robert is joined by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why is there an obesity epidemic? Are “fat jabs” the answer? How culpable are the food multinationals for making and marketing addictive “ultra-formulated” foods? Steph and Robert are joined by US public health expert ex-FDA commissioner, who rolled out COVID vaccines in America, Dr David Kessler. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 https://goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Are Trump's unfunded tax cuts trashing America's “exorbitant privilege”? Has Europe stopped being "goodie goodie" and is it at last going for growth? Do Reeves's fiscal rules hurt her by ramping up damaging speculation? Steph and Robert speak with Karen Ward, Chief Market Strategist for EMEA at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhanger.com Video Editor: Teo Ayodeji-Ansell Producers: India Dunkley & Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How do we swap out dirty power for clean power in the UK? Why aren't politicians more ambitious with green energy policies when it's cheaper than the fossil fuel alternative? Will China and the rest of the world step forward where America is stepping backwards? Robert and Steph speak to Lord Nick Stern, one of the leading voices on the economic impact of climate change. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why can't the Bank of England's rate setters agree on how to tackle inflation? What impact does this have on business? Should tax breaks for savers be scrapped? Steph and Robert discuss all this, plus why Trump's ‘one big, beautiful' tax bill is getting ugly. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How much richer will Starmer's EU reset make us? Why didn't he negotiate for goods what he agreed for food? And will his energy deal with Brussels help or hurt British manufacturers? Robert and Steph dissect whether Starmer's EU deal really is a “win win”. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why is Rachel Reeves in a lose-lose situation with UK growth? How can the care sector survive without immigration? How are the world's biggest retailers responding to Trump's erratic economic policies? Robert and Steph discuss. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, stop Trump trashing the global economy? Do Starmer's new immigration controls make any sense? And are we about to see an EU and UK revival? Robert chats this and more with Steph Flanders, Head of Economics and Politics at Bloomberg, and host of the Trumponomics podcast. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Does Trump's China capitulation mean the tariff war is over? Is the dollar's safe haven status dead? What does Trump's coercion of drug companies mean for the NHS? Robert and Steph discuss the latest Trump Turmoil including Qatar's $400m airplane gift to him. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What does the Conservative Party have to do to be electable? Does it matter whether Reform has absurd economic plans? And why is so much of today's politics about immigration? Robert and Steph talk with Rachel Wolf, co-author of Boris Johnson's 2019 manifesto, about what the centre right needs to do economically to regain public trust. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What is the deal? Is it any good? What about the EU? Robert and Steph bring you their analysis of the good, the bad and the ugly of the UK tariff deal with the US. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 goalhanger.com Visit: https://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What are the numbers behind the new trade deal between India and the UK? Have the Conservatives lost all economic common sense? Will it matter to voters whether Reform UK's economic policies are bonkers? Robert and Steph discuss these questions and more. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion-v2.askattest.com/app/41f5060f-0f52-45bc-bf86-bf3c9793618e?language=ENG 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 goalhanger.com Visit: monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Do we need to speed up or slow down the transition to green power? Should we have local power for local people in the form of zonal pricing? Are renewables more prone to system crashes, as happened in Spain and Portugal? Steph and Robert find out from the boss and founder of the UK's biggest energy company, Octopus, Greg Jackson. 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 goalhanger.com Visit: http://monzo.com/therestismoney/ Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How the slowing down of ships shows Trump's first 100 days are not going to plan? Will Mark Carney's Canadian election forge a ‘coalition of the economically willing'? Is the UK more vulnerable to cyber attacks than other countries? Robert and Steph discuss 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 goalhanger.com Visit: http://monzo.com/therestismoney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. 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 Visit: monzo.com/therestismoney Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. 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 Visit: monzo.com/therestismoney Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. 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 Visit: monzo.com/therestismoney Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. 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 Visit: monzo.com/therestismoney Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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? Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Visit: monzo.com/therestismoney Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Visit: monzo.com/therestismoney Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Visit: www.monzo.com/therestismoney Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney Vist: monzo.com/business-banking goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Visit: monzo.com/business-banking Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What are the similarities between the current economic crisis and the ‘Lehman Weekend'? Will global investors soon start dumping the dollar? Robert and Steph discuss. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Visit https://monzo.com/business-banking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How long till markets stabilise? How crazy is Trump's formula for calculating tariffs? What are the big dangers that lie ahead? Robert and Steph tell you what you need to know about Trump's market mayhem. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Visit https://monzo.com/business-banking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Steph and Robert speak to Zia Yusuf, Chairman of Reform UK to discuss his controversial role as a British Muslim running an anti-immigration party, why he won't rule out merging with the Tories and whether Reform actually have some serious economic plans for the country. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Steph and Robert speak to Richard Hughes, head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, who has run scenarios on what will happen to the economy as Donald Trump imposes tariffs and the world responds. He also discusses whether the OBR has too much influence over government and stultifies growth, and how Rachel Reeves' fiscal “headroom” may be wiped out again very shortly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Robert and Steph sit down with Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride to hear which taxes he would reform, his fears that young people aren't entrepreneurial enough, how the Conservative Party is repositioning itself in opposition, and how he blagged his way to create his first business. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell, Harry Swan Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fresh off the back of the Spring Statement, the Chancellor sits down with Robert and Steph to talk growth, jobs, welfare and why the government will not cave to pressure from the US on tech taxes. 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, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Robert is joined by serial entrepreneur and president of the British Chambers of Commerce Martha Lane Fox. They discuss why it is so hard for all-female businesses to attract funding, why she struggled to acknowledge her disability after a devastating accident, how work helped her recovery and the continued pernicious impact of Brexit on smaller companies Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@goalhanger.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney Assistant Producers: India Dunkley and Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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