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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: Can the Government help solve the housing crisis by giving local authorities more power over planning fees?

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: Can the Government help solve the housing crisis by giving local authorities more power over planning fees?
The House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs has concluded in a report that the Government should allow local authorities to set and vary planning fees in accordance with the needs of their local area to incentivise private sector housebuilders. John Wriglesworth, Consultant Researcher for Jackson-Stops & Staff joined the Morning Money team to discuss further.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, John Wriglesworth


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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: What's next for BT after the damning Culture, Media and Sport Committee report?

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: What's next for BT after the damning Culture, Media and Sport Committee report?
British Telecom is significantly under investing in its Openreach division by hundreds of millions of pounds - according to a new report by MPs. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee says the quality of its broadband service "remains poor". Their report warns if there's no improvement, they support separating Openreach from BT. Share Radio spoke to Dave Millett, Managing Director of telecoms broker Equinox to find out more.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, Dave Millett


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: The triple threat facing the UK travel industry

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: The triple threat facing the UK travel industry
Thousands of British families with holidays booked in Turkey are scrambling to cancel their trips following the attempted coup. Travel agents say they have been deluged by calls from worried tourists wanting to cancel after seeing shocking footage emerge from the holiday hotspot. Specialist Turkish travel agents are ruing the 'huge financial impact' that the attempted coup has had on their business over the weekend - and of course, this comes hot on the heels of the Nice atrocity. It's a third blow for the travel industry, already set to be profoundly affected by the Brexit vote. Geoffrey Breeze, Executive Director at the World Travel and Tourism Council joined the Morning Money team to discuss further.
Guests:

Rachel Winter, Geoffrey Breeze


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Rita Lobo

The World This Week: The South China Sea

Rita Lobo
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The World This Week

The World This Week: The South China Sea
The World This Week is with Sophie Pornshlegel, a French National and political commentator, talking about the atrocity in Nice, and Ashley Townshend, research fellow at the University of Sydney on the South China Sea dispute.
Guests:

Sophie Pornshlegel, Ashley Townshend


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Colin Bloom

Share Politics: Daniel Kawczynski

Colin Bloom
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Share Politics

Share Politics: Daniel Kawczynski
Share Politics' Colin Bloom talks to Daniel Kawczynski, Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, about the Prime Minister's cabinet reshuffle
Guest:

Daniel Kawczynski


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Georgie Frost

Is it May Day for the pound? Ed Bowsher on the News Review

Georgie Frost
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Consuming Issues

Is it May Day for the pound? Ed Bowsher on the News Review
Time once again for the Consuming Issues news review, with Georgie Frost and Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher. And today, the pound is rallying behind the news that Theresa May will be the next PM, as David Cameron heads to his last PMQs. And on the subject of the pound, travelers exchanging currency at the UK's regional airports are apparently getting less for their pounds than those using London terminals. And bad news for London, as Cambridge is named best place in the UK to work. All this and more, on Consuming Issues, every day from 9am to Midday, right here on Share Radio.
Guest:

Ed Bowsher


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Ed Mitchell

David Cameron's last ever PMQ's with Mike Indian

Ed Mitchell
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Ed's Macro-Economic View

 David Cameron's last ever PMQ's with Mike Indian
This is our regular Wednesday slot on politics which in these history-making times is anything but routine. Indeed we have a full session today with Mike Indian, Senior Political Analyst at DeHavilland - to discuss David Cameron's last ever PMQ's & more.

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Juliette Foster

The Weeks Update: Theresa May says she wants to make Brexit work for the UK – but can she do it? Professor John Weeks & Graham Gudgin of Oxford Economics discuss

Juliette Foster
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The Weeks Update

The Weeks Update: Theresa May says she wants to make Brexit work for the UK – but can she do it? Professor John Weeks & Graham Gudgin of Oxford Economics discuss
Professor John Weeks - Share Radio's regular economics commentator and Dr Graham Gudgin part-time Senior Economic Advisor with Oxford Economics & Research Associate, Centre For Business Research, University of Cambridge discuss the nature of the EU debate as it appeared especially in terms of the economic arguments & the future under Theresa May.

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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: The Living Wage three months on

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: The Living Wage three months on
It's been three months since the national living wage was introduced in the UK. The idea was always that the rate would be regularly revised, but Brexit and the power shifts in the major political parties could put the next steps at risk. Matt Cox spoke to Caroline Reilly, Senior Programme Manager at the Living Wage Foundation, to get her thoughts.
Guests:

Matt Cox, Caroline Reilly


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Georgie Frost

Andrea Leadsom quits Conservative leadership race

Georgie Frost
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Consuming Issues

Andrea Leadsom quits Conservative leadership race
Andrea Leadsom has pulled out of the race to succeed David Cameron and become the next Conservative Party leader and UK Prime Minister, leaving Theresa May to take charge of the country. Share Radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher joins Georgie for some breaking analysis.
Guest:

Ed Bowsher


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