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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.

Each week, the Share Centre fills us in on the movers and shakers that hit stock markets this week. From a oil giant's profit warning to a hot high street retailer's trading statement - the Share Centre has it covered. Today, Simon along with Ian Forrest, Investment Research Analyst at the Share Centre, take a look back at TUI, Rolls Royce, Coca Cola HBC fom this week, as well as looking ahead to Lloyds Banking Group, BHP Billiton, BAT, William Hill and, of course, Kraft-Heinz & Unilever.

Share Radio's Simon Rose 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, Simon was joined by Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher. On today's show: Unilever strongly rejects a takeover bid from US giant Kraft Heinz, retail sales fall back unexpectedly in January, shares in AstraZeneca are boosted by a positive cancer drug trial and more.

This Conversations from Africa, where Share Radio's Alex Clark teams up with Chris Bishop, Managing Editor of Forbes Africa Magazine, to examine the biggest stories from across the continent. On today's program: Lawmakers in South Africa have resorted to fists after the President's State of the Nation address ended in a brawl. A sad day for parliamentary democracy in South Africa?

Tony Blair has called for remainers to 'rise up' if they don't like the eventual Brexit deal - but is this coming far too late from the former PM? The Telegraph's assistant comment editor Asa Bennett says Blair doesn't have 'a lifetime license to pontificate on whatever he likes'. But is there a better figurehead for remainers? Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined by Asa Bennett for the latest in UK politics.

Welcome to the This is Money and Share Radio Podcast, brought to you in partnership with NS&I. We’ve had a few stats to digest this week with inflation continuing to rise, now up 1.8%, whilst employment remains at record highs according to the ONS. Behind the figures though we’re hearing much of this is based on freelance and zero-hours work with both salaries and interest rates failing to keep pace with the cost of living. With all this spelling disaster for savers there’s been a few interesting additions to Money Mail’s Best Buy table this week. Joining Georgie Frost to go through the options is Editor Simon Lambert and Personal Finance Editor Rachel Rickard Straus. Plus, we take a look at the new rate hikes threatening the future of small businesses and the costs of bereavement.

Kraft Heinz has proposed a £112bn takeover of consumer giant Unilever, the company behind Persil and PG Tips. The scale of the deal would make it among the biggest in corporate history if it gets the go-ahead but Unilever has rejected initial advances. For the day's biggest corporate stories, Share Radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher spoke with Craig Erlam, senior markets analyst at OANDA.

Joining Georgie to discuss what the main market headlines of the morning are is Share Radio's Nigel Cassidy. Friday's are usually a quiet day for company announcements and that's certainly the case today. Millenium & Copthorne Hotels have released final results. The other big company news this morning has been a familiar story for Japanese company Toshiba.

Donald Trump used his first solo news conference at the White House to air his grievances with the media. In a boisterous and often bizarre session, he fired off numerous broadsides at the media as he skipped from topic to topic in what critics saw as an attempt to deflect attention from his alleged ties to Russia. And on this side of the pond, Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce his "mission" to persuade Britons to "rise up" and change their minds on Brexit, in a speech later today. For his thoughts on these stories, Share Radio Morning's Georgie Frost was joined by Billy Bambrough, Editor of economics and business website Verdict.co.uk.

Georgie Frost was joined by senior analyst Ed Bowsher. Today on the agenda, they discussed how we spend almost £1.2 million in our lifetime on household bills. Plus they look into why 1 in 4 people retiring this year will still have debts to pay off. All these stories and more on The News Review.