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The UK's tax burden is set to rise to its highest level for over thirty years, despite the longest and deepest cut in public service spending. That's according to the think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies. It says the austerity regime of tax rises and spending cuts will continue into the 2020s - after the Chancellor scrapped a target of balancing the books by 2019. Share Radio's Olivia Demetriades spoke to Carl Emmerson, Deputy Director of the IFS.

Donald Trump is set to remove laws passed following the financial crisis, one of his latest edicts via executive order. Share Radio's James Brydges spoke to Philip Alexander, regulation editor at risk.net, for more on what the removal of the Dodd-Frank laws mean.

House prices have dropped slightly in January according to Halifax's house price survey - the first dip since Brexit. For more on the story and its economic impact Martin Ellis, Halifax housing economist, joined Share Radio's Sarah Lowther.

Why has House of Commons speaker John Bercow has said he's "strongly opposed" to Donald Trump addressing Westminster Hall? And what might this mean for UK-US relations? John Rentoul, chief political commentator at The Independent, joined Share Radio's Sarah Lowther to discuss the latest in UK politics.

Oil giant BP has missed analysts' expectations, reporting its lowest earnings in the last decade. And Aldi overtakes Co-op to become Britain's fifth biggest supermarket group. Deputy companies editor at the Financial Times Daniel Thomas joined Share Radio's Sarah Lowther for this and more.

Brexit Britain could see the strongest growth rate among G7 nations according to a PwC report - but that's not without a little pain first. And is 'Frexit' - a French exit from the EU - likely? Tom Stevenson, Investment Director at Fidelity, joined Share Radio's Sarah Lowther to talk through the big economic stories of the day.

On Track Record this week , Sue Dougan was joined by CEO of Cityunscripted.com, Nick Whitfield to go through the soundtrack of his life and career.

Today is "Safer Internet Day", where hundreds of organisations come together to help promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology. It's been estimated the time spent online has nearly doubled in the last decade - on average 20 hours a week. Google is one of the companies involved in "Safer Internet Day". Georgie was joined by Elijah Lawal from Google.

We're talking about staying safe online but what about if you run a business. Cyber-attacks are a huge threat. In fact according to insurance company Hiscox, over half of UK firms have been victims in the past year. Despite this, it seems we are still too complacent in taking extra precautions - even after an attack. To tell us a bit more I'm joined now by Matt Webb, Head of Cyber at Hiscox.

There are about 100 experts in the UK money blogger community, but who are the people behind the Twitter Handles? Share Radio's Sara Macham has been taking a look at Miss Thrifty of @Miss_Thrifty. Created by, Karyn Fleeting, Miss Thrifty is a woman on a mission. She lives in Greater Manchester says she never pays full price for anything, and insists saving money doesn't have to be miserable.