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The Supreme Court has ruled that the process of leaving the EU must be debated in Parliament before Article 50 is triggered. The vote was 8-3 and has unanimously ruled that UK ministers are not legally compelled to consult the devolved legislatures before triggering Article 50. We got some immediate reaction to the ruling with David Mundy, Partner and Parliamentary Agent, Government and Infrastructure from Bircham Dyson Bell.

Georgie Frost was joined in the studio by Editor of YourMoney.com Jo Faith. Today on the agenda, they discuss banks being urged to support the mental health of its customers falling into debt. Plus they analyse the rise of UK car insurance. All these stories and more on The News Review.

The Supreme Court's Brexit ruling wasn't a major surprise so why has the pound fallen? BT shares plummeted, US officially exits TPP and will the UK hit its deficit target? Rachel Winter, Senior Investment Manager at Killik & Co, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to discuss the top economic stories of the day.

This morning, the Supreme Court were making the decision whether Parliament or ministers have the power to begin the Brexit process. Georgie checked in with Jack Sommers from Huffington Post on what we can expect.

With Georgie today in the studio was Share Radio's Nigel Cassidy to re-cap what happened this morning when the markets opened. Today they discussed BT, Easyjet and Dixons.

The European Central Bank will continue its quantitative easing bond-buying programme into 2018, according to ratings agency, S&P. The agency says the ECB will need to do this to combat low core inflation and credit growth. Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined by Claus Vistesen, macroeconomist for Pantheon Macroeconomics who focusses on the Eurozone, to explore the issue.

A new 10-point industrial strategy has been unveiled by Theresa May - but will it deliver for businesses as the economy readies itself for Brexit hurdles? Edwin Morgan, Deputy Director of Policy at the Institute of Directors, spoke with Share Radio's Ed Bowsher for more on this story.

It’s Your Money, Your Future, where we take a long term view of money and investing. Are companies in the right or wrong for asking us to hand over sensitive information like our date of birth or credit card number? And how safe is that data? Sarah Pennells was joined by Chris Green, tech consultant and journalist, Lewis Henderson from Glasswall and Mike Haley - deputy chief exec, Cifas to discuss the matter further.

An undercover Which? Money investigation has revealed that scammers may be able to buy your personal and financial information from list-broking companies for as little as 4 pence per record. Our reporter Anviksha Patel spoke to Which? money editor Harry Rose to find out what their investigation revealed.

It seems the cold British weather is getting to many of us, with record numbers of us booking a holiday to get some sun. With this period being the busiest holiday sales period of the year ABTA- the Association of British Travel Agents has launched a campaign to help people avoid booking with fraudulent websites, online scams and non-compliant travel companies that have no financial protection in place. To find out more about this campaign and the risks of fraud when booking a holiday Sara Macham spoke to ABTA's Sean Tipton.