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It's time to talk politics. On today's programme: Theresa May gives us an exact date for Brexit, the possibility of a Scottish Independence referendum, George - six jobs - Osborne defends himself against Labour attacks and M&S is the latest company to pull its advertising from Youtube. Glen Goodman speaks to Jerry Hayes, former Conservative MP and now a barrister and political commentator & Hugo Dixon, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief at In Facts and also co-founder of CommonGround.

On the latest Market Wrap: Next Wednesday, the 29th of March, Prime Minister Theresa May will officially notify the EU that the UK is leaving the European Union, Marks and Spencer becomes the latest firm to pull its online adverts from Google after they appeared next to extremist content on its YouTube site and Vodafone merges its Indian business with Idea Cellular, India's third-largest network, to create one of the world's largest operators. All this and more with Chris Bailey, founder of Financial Orbit.

Executive pay remains in the headlines, with German banking giant Deutsche Bank cutting bonuses by more than 75% last year, while four bosses at Melrose Industries were set to split a £200 million share payout. Oliver Parry, Head of Corporate Governance Policy for the Institute of Directors, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to discuss.

Marks and Spencer has followed several other high-profile brands, including Tesco and HSBC, pulling its advertising from Google. It follows concerns about placement of ads next to inappropriate content on YouTube. But is this a serious threat to companies like Google? Ian Whittaker, media analyst at Liberum, spoke to Share Radio's Ed Bowsher.

The UK must up its research and development spend to 3% by 2025 in a bid to Brexit-proof the economy, according to business lobby group CBI. Tom Thackray, Innovation Director at the CBI, joined Share Radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher to explain.

On today's Crowdfunders: calculating the risk of some of the new innovative finance ISAs, the founder of a company called Aduna, which are crowdfunding at the moment, will be talking about how it markets food products that are derived from African plants and more.

There's an official date - Article 50 will be triggered on March 29. But how long until negotiators start hammering out the actual Brexit deal? And what major obstacles will Theresa May face? For insight on this and more, Mike Indian, senior political analyst at DeHavilland joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher.

Fake HSBC emails are being sent out to users to install a malicious version of Rapport, a legitimate security program designed to protect online bank accounts from fraud. The emails appear to come from HSBC and display an @hsbc.com email address. The fake Rapport software, if installed, does the opposite of what is claimed and steals information from the compromised computer. Worryingly, the spam run may be part of a larger campaign. To find out how to combat this, Tony Neate, the CEO of the organisation Get Safe Online, joined Sarah to discuss.

There's just over two weeks until the end of the tax year. So, what should you consider doing before the deadline and how do you go about it? To find out, Sarah was joined by Jeannie Boyle of EQ Investors and Robert Jobson, partner in the Inheritance Protection Team at Gardner Leader solicitors.

Marks & Spencer has joined a growing list of companies pulling ads from Google, after reports they'd appeared alongside inappropriate content on Youtube. Plus Vodafone India to merge with Idea Cellular in a major deal, Finsbury Food signs up Mary Berry and more of the day's key company news. Ken Odeluga, market analyst at City Index, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher for more analysis.