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After much delay, the government launched its housing white paper on Tuesday. It has clearly hit a nerve within the house-building industry, MPs and would-be homeowners. So is the government's plan feasible and are we going to see a real change of direction by the government? Joining Nigel in the studio was Jeremy Blackburn, Head of Policy at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, to discuss further along with analysis from RICS' latest residential market survey.

This is In My Experience, where Share Radio's Simon Rose grapples with inspiring stories that shaped careers. On today's programme, Simon was joined by Syed Kamall, MEP & Conservative Party politician. They spoke about his upbringing as son of immigrants from Guyana, they discussed his conversion to Conservativism and particularly Libertarianism and why it’s important to do practical things to demonstrate political beliefs, not just theories.

Paul Mumford is on of the longest serving fund managers in the UK, with 50 years experience in the markets. He run's the Cavendish Opportunities fund, their AIM fund and their Select Fund, all of which focus on smaller capitalised companies. He's also the author of "The Stock Picker, a financial history of the sharp end" and he joined Share Radio's Robyn Dwyer in studio.

The US presidential election was a notoriously bitter race. With chants of 'Lock her up', never before had America seemed so divided. But whilst Donald Trump is now in the White House, his pick for a top judge looks set to further inflame divisions. Share Radio's Alex Clark reports.

It's time now to talk politics. As always on a Wednesday at this time of the week, Share Radio is joined by Mike Indian, Senior Political Analyst at De Havilland. He and Share Radio's Robyn Dwyer take a looki at why the Labour leader's accused the Government of offering a 'sweetheart deal' to a local authority that threatened to hold a controversial council tax referendum. Surrey's abandoned plans for a 15 percent hike in bills to fund social care in the county. Jeremy Corbyn claims to have seen texts suggesting the council and the Government reached an 'understanding'.

Following Donald Trump's rise to power, boycotts are on the up. Amazon, Uber and Budweiser are just some of the big names caught up in this - and it's coming from both sides of the political divide. But are the boycotts having an effect? And could a wider boycott on US goods spread to the UK? Share Radio's Peta Fuller reports.

Share Radio's Robyn Dwyer brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the businesses of Britain and the world. To help put the day's events in context, Robyn was joined by Russ Mould, investment director at the online stockbroker's AJ Bell. On today's show: mining giant Rio Tinto is launching a share buyback programme of $500m due to an increase in the price of iron ore, Sir Andrew Witty, GlaxoSmithKline's outgoing chief executive, has defended his long-standing decision not to break up the company as he presented his last set of results before stepping down next month & homeware retailer Dunelm has warned that the slump in the pound since the Brexit vote will result in price rises on thousands of products.

Oil prices are falling again today as the market waits for US inventory data to come through this afternoon. But early estimates indicate it'll be far above analysts' expectations - at around 11 million extra barrels. Sean Cronin, editor at Argus Media, joined Glen Goodman for more on this story.

Concerns about Greek debt levels are back on the radar as negotiations between the Eurozone and International Monetary Fund look increasingly shaky. Head Analyst at MacroPolis, Manos Giakoumis, joined Share Radio's Glen Goodman to explain the current situation.

Parliament will face a 'take it or leave it' vote on the eventual Brexit deal according to the government. For more on the day's political news John Ashmore, Chief Political Reporter at Politics Home, spoke to Share Radio's Glen Goodman.