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Sarah Pennells was joined by senior analyst Ed Bowsher. Today on the agenda, they discussed how more than half of City workers feel more stressed at home than at work. Plus they look into why senior ministers have written to Tory MPs to try to stave off a rebellion over business rates. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Inequality is on the rise, with the difference in financial fortunes between low and high income families becoming starker over the past year, according to Aviva's latest Family Finances Report. At the same time, families are also facing increased financial pressure from stalling incomes and savings, combined with rising debt and inflation fears. To talk through these findings, Alistair McQueen, Head of Savings and Retirement at Aviva, joined Share Radio Breakfast.

Donald Trump has made some remarks about Sweden on Friday at a rally in Florida, which seem to have caused some confusion. And Trump has continued his attack on what he calls the 'dishonest' media. There have been two petitions in the UK, for and against his state visit to the UK. MP's will debate the state visit today. Sarah Pennells was joined by Share Radio's Political Correspondent, Colin Bloom to discuss the political headlines from earlier this morning.

Petra Diamonds, a leading independent diamond mining group and supplier of rough diamonds to the international market, has released its latest interim results. So what’s the future looking like for the company? Jacques Breytenbach, Chief Financial Officer of Petra Diamonds, joined Share Radio Breakfast to give Nigel Cassidy the lowdown.

Joining Sarah Pennells to discuss what the main market headlines of the morning are is Share Radio's Nigel Cassidy. A busy morning of company announcements, starting with the main story of the day: the Kraft-Unilever deal. And the numbers out from Bovis Homes this morning.

The latest Rightmove House Price Index is out and it's showing that house prices have seen the lowest annual increase since 2013. So what does this mean for Britain's 'broken housing market'? James Lockett, Head of Communications of eMoov, joined Nigel Cassidy on Share Radio Breakfast to shed some light on the matter.

The Business of Film with film critic, James Cameron Wilson looking at the biggest winners and losers at the box office this week, including The LEGO Batman Movie, The Space Between Us, Fences and much more.

On today's the Magazine Review, Simon Rose was joined in the studio by Owain Bennallack, Analyst and Share Advisor at The Motley Fool, and Cherry Reynard, freelance financial journalist.

Movies and Money is Share Radio’s look at the world of film. Journalist Phil Scott joins Share Radio's Simon Rose to take a look at money related themes in a variety of news and journalism based films throughout the years.

It's time to talk politics - and today, Tony Blair has made a Brexit-based comeback. Speaking in the City of London, the former Labour Prime Minister has urged pro-Europeans to "rise-up" against Brexit. Blair is arguing that voters didn't know the true cost of leaving. He's also laid the blame at the feet of his own party and said a "debilitated" Labour party has allowed Theresa May to pursue Brexit however she sees fit. What should we make of Blair's return? Can the cross-party, pro-European movement he hopes for really be mobilised? Simon and Ian Silvera, Senior Reporter at the International Business Times look at Blair's comeback, as well as Trump's erratic presser and Paul Nuttall: the chip shop champ.