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Morning Money: Tightening the screws further on tax havens & offshore finance

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Morning Money: Tightening the screws further on tax havens & offshore finance
Ahead of an international corruption summit being hosted by David Cameron in London this week, the Head of Campaigns at ActionAid UK, Murray Worthy, joined Sarah Lowther and Chris Bailey. ActionAid has been campaigning for the reform of global tax rules to tackle tax dodging in the world's poorest countries.
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Chris Bailey, Murray Worthy


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Morning Money: BHS, Junior Doctors and children migrants discussed by the Huffington Post's Jack Sommers

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: BHS, Junior Doctors and children migrants discussed by the Huffington Post's Jack Sommers
As the pensions regulator launches an investigation into the collapse of BHS, which has a £571 million hole in its pension fund, The Huffington Post’s Jack Sommers talks about whether this will become a political issue. Jack also discusses the Junior Doctors strike and the MP vote against the attempt to force the government to allow 3000 unaccompanied child refugees into the UK from Europe.
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Chris Bailey, Jack Sommers


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Morning Money: Tax returns, Miliband’s re-emergence & the battle to be London Mayor

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: Tax returns, Miliband’s re-emergence & the battle to be London Mayor
Jack Sommers, of The Huffington Post, discusses the latest in the world of politics. Among the topics covered, Jack discusses the MPs publishing their tax returns, the return of David Miliband to British politics and mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan, who exclusively told The Huffington Post that Zac Goldsmith’s divisive campaign is putting Muslims off taking part In politics.
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Chris Bailey, Jack Sommers


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Morning Money: Schools to academies & the Chancellor's PM preparations - Dan Hodges looks ahead to the Budget

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: Schools to academies & the Chancellor's PM preparations - Dan Hodges looks ahead to the Budget
Dan Hodges, Political Commentator at the Mail on Sunday, joins Sarah Lowther and Chris Bailey to look ahead to the budget. The focus in the build up to the budget has turned to education after it was announced that all schools will be changed to academy status. Dan discusses this as well as George Osborne’s position in the leadership contest.
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Chris Bailey, Dan Hodges


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Morning Money: Dan Hodges gives his take on Mark Carney's Brexit comments

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: Dan Hodges gives his take on Mark Carney's Brexit comments
Dan Hodges, Commentator at The Mail on Sunday, discusses the latest political stories. Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, has described the prospect of a British exit from the European Union as the "biggest domestic financial stability risk" facing the UK. And there have also been reports that The Queen is supporting a Brexit. So what does Dan think?
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Chris Bailey, Dan Hodges


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Morning Money: “The problem is the implementation of that deal is going slowly” - Nick Malkoutzis on Greece

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 6:00

Morning Money:  “The problem is the implementation of that deal is going slowly” - Nick Malkoutzis on Greece
Greece’s bailout inspectors are to resume talks in Athens, in an attempt to unblock the Greek rescue program. It was only last summer that Greece and the Eurozone agreed on a new bailout deal, so what’s the problem now? Nick Malkoutzis, Editor of the economic analysis website macropolis.gr, joins Sarah Lowther and Chris Bailey to give more on the situation.
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Chris Bailey, Nick Malkoutzis


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Morning Money: The future of British farming with Phil Bicknell of the NFU

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: The future of British farming with Phil Bicknell of the NFU
This year's National Farmers Union conference in Birmingham begins and Phil Bicknell, Head of Food & Farming at the NFU, joins Sarah Lowther and the Financial Orbit's Chris Bailey live from the conference to discuss this year’s event, the future of agriculture and the political challenges posed both within the UK and EU.
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Chris Bailey, Phil Bicknell


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Morning Money: Brexit, Boris and what it all means for Corbyn

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: Brexit, Boris and what it all means for Corbyn
Jack Sommers, Assistant News Editor for the Huffington Post UK, discusses the Brexit debate, David Cameron's reaction to Boris Johnson after the Mayor of London announced he wanted to leave the EU, and what this all means for Jeremy Corbyn.
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Chris Bailey, Jack Sommers


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Morning Money: Saudi Arabia and Russia agree to freeze oil output at January levels

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: Saudi Arabia and Russia agree to freeze oil output at January levels
Oil prices fell on Tuesday despite Saudi Arabia and Russia agreeing to freeze oil output at January levels if other producers follow suit. A potential stumbling block is Iran, after petroleum minister, Bijan Zangeneh, said that the country would "not forego its oil market share". Kevin Baxter, Global Commodities Spot News Editor at the Wall Street Journal, gives his opinion on the matter.
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Chris Bailey, Kevin Baxter


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Morning Money: EU reform deal goes down to the wire ahead of this week’s crucial summit

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 6:00

Morning Money: EU reform deal goes down to the wire ahead of this week’s crucial summit
Negotiators are working hard to allow the European Council to agree on a final deal based on the demands presented by David Cameron. The French government, supported by Germany, has raised objections to the draft agreement put forward by European Council President Donald Tusk. Francesco Guerrera, Chief Financial Correspondent at Politico Europe, gives more on this.
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Chris Bailey, Francesco Guerrera


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