Podcasts presented by Simon Rose

John O'Connell, Chief Executive at Tax Payers Alliance, joined Simon live in the studio to discuss: -Working for the taxman -Carney's "threat to capitalism" speech -Sugar Tax -Network Rail and the plan to ensure track and train lines come together a bit more

The number of workers living in poverty has reached a record high - at more than 7 million people. According to a report commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the UK's housing crisis is fuelling growing insecurity. 3.8 million workers, or one in eight, are in poverty after an increase since the economy started recovering six years ago and a total of 7.4 million people, including 2.6 million children, are living in poverty despite being part of working households. To discuss the research in more detail, Simon was joined by Kate Bell, head of economics at the TUC.

Two issues which dominated the UK's Brexit referendum debate were immigration and the economy. But sharp falls in migration post Brexit could shrink GDP per capita by more than 3 percent. That's according to a report by NIESR fellow Jonathan Portes and NIESR research assistant Giuseppe Forte. The report, titled "The Economic Impact of Brexit-induced Reductions in Migration," found that a fall in total immigration of 91,000, would mean that GDP per capita would be 3.4% lower by 2030 than it would otherwise have been. To find out more about the report, Simon spoke to Jonathan Portes Senior Fellow at NIESR and co-author of the report.

UK industrial production unexpectedly fell in October. That's according to the latest figures from the ONS that show that industrial output was down 1.3% month on month, rather than the 0.2% increase forecast. It was the worst month on month decline since 2012. To find out more about this Simon spoke to Scott Bowman UK Economist at Capital Economics

As part of our series with financial journalist and author Rodney Hobson, we look at identity theft.

Banks' failures are leaving people vulnerable to huge financial harm. This is according to new research from The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, which found that over 16 million people know someone else's PIN number. Sharing PINs is even more common for carers and a lack of support by the banks leaves them using risky workarounds to help those for whom they care. To find out more, Olivia Demetriades was joined by Helen Undy of the The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute and Leah Milner, a freelance journalist who lives with bipolar.

Thousands of National Lottery players had their online accounts hacked by cyber criminals just last week. More than 100,000 people in the UK had their internet access cut after a string of service providers were hit by what is believed to be a coordinated cyber-attack. TalkTalk, one of Britain's biggest service providers, the Post Office and KCom were all affected by malware, which is spread via compromised computers. To find out what needs to be done by organisations to better protect customers' data and money, Olivia Demetriades spoke to Ryan Rubin, a managing director at Protiviti, the business management consultants.

It's The Bigger Picture with Rishi Patel of FTI consulting. Simon and Rishi discussed: What is the Supreme Court, what is it considering and why are news organisations having so much trouble making it interesting for the rest of us? Why did the Italians vote against their prime minister and what might it for the future of the EU? Why has Time magazine put Nigel Farage on its shortlist for Person of the Year?

John Lloyd, legendary TV producer of QI, Blackadder and much more, joined Simon live in the studio to talk about his new book “1,342 QI facts to leave you flabbergasted”.

Every week on the AIM Show we meet interesting people behind companies listed, or in this case, soon to be listed, on the junior stock market. This week it's the turn of ECSC Group, a Bradford based provider of cyber security services to major blue-chip companies. Simon speaks to Ian Mann, the CEO.