Podcasts

Did anyone see Theresa May's shocking General Election announcement coming? Ed Bowsher was joined by John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator at the Independent, to hear if he was surprised or if it was inevitable.

The pound was firmly up after the surprise election news, wiping out earlier losses. To better understand the announcement's effect on the markets, Ed Bowsher was joined by John Barrass, deputy chief executive of the Wealth Management Association.

Stephen is an accountant by training but has worked in tech startups since the early 1980s. The Start Up Funding Club looks after about 80 new companies and has been going strong for the last five years. He joins Sue to talk about his career and the music that's inspired him along the way.

Prime Minister Theresa May has called for an early General Election on June 8th. The Prime Minster has implored MPs to pass an election motion tomorrow in Parliament allowing the process to begin. The bill would need the backing of two-thirds of MPs. To get his reaction to the news and what it means for Britain, Ed Bowsher was joined by Mike Indian, senior political analyst at DeHaviland.

Georgie is joined by Lindsay Cook and Vix Leyton to look at the rise of doorstep sellers, an end to roaming charges for NEW Vodafone customers and shopping in charity shops. This week they award the Golden Gloves AND the Sucker Punch to the same company - tune in to find out why...

Companies can risk permanently losing almost 2% of their value if they're hit by a cyber attack. That's according to a study carried out by IT services company CGI. Share Radio reporter Sara Macham spoke to Andrew Rogoyski, VP of cyber security at CGI.

How comfortable would you be with a robot performing surgery on you? UK patients are apparently the most sceptical about receiving healthcare from anyone other than a human, according to PWC.

Georgie Frost checked in with the UK Money blogger community fresh from their Monday Twitter chat. Last night they looked at the different stages of bringing up a child, after research revealed raising a child to 21-years-of-age will cost £200,000. Laura Light joins to talk more. Her site is : savings4savvymums.co.uk

Today on the agenda, Georgie Frost and Sara Benwell, Consumer Editor at Good Housekeeping discussed one in five nurseries warned they would not partake in giving parents 30 hours of free childcare. Plus they look into grandparents passing on 400-billion pounds in wealth to younger generations. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Donald Trump's warning North Korea it has 'gotta behave'. His deputy Mike Pence is in the region for talks on what he's calling "the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula". And Trump has called President Erdogan to congratulate his Turkish counterpart on his narrow referendum win. Sunday's result gives him extra powers and weakens the role of parliament.