The Rest Is Money
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- 46 minutes 58 seconds270. AI minister: How we build a trillion dollar AI company
What’s the point of the government’s new £500m sovereign AI fund? How is the government planning to avert AI Armageddon? Isn’t it time for AI to be permanently in the classroom not banned from it?
Robert talks to AI Minister Kanishka Narayan to explore the government’s strategy for a trillion-dollar British AI ecosystem-and whether the UK can truly scale a sovereign challenger to rival the likes of OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini.
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15 April 2026, 11:05 pm - 54 minutes 17 seconds269. Monzo founder: AI will kill income tax
Why are governments failing to notice how AI is replacing many jobs now? If AI replaces all or most jobs, how can governments replace all the lost taxes? Who will pay for public services and stop us from starving?
Robert sits down with Monzo founder Tom Blomfield to hear his revolutionary plan to reform the tax system for an AI world.
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12 April 2026, 11:05 pm - 41 minutes 4 seconds268. The price of financial hype
What’s a ‘finfluencer’ and why are they getting in trouble with the regulators? How much of a problem is dodgy tax advice given on social media? What part does financial literacy play in all of this? And is the law finally catching up?
Steph talks to Stella Creasy - MP for Walthamstow and a prominent consumer rights campaigner - about her latest mission to stop the rise of unregulated financial advice on social media.
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8 April 2026, 11:05 pm - 37 minutes 15 seconds267. Can AI save the public sector?
What difference would wider adoption of AI have in our struggling public services? Is it the answer to the UK productivity problem? Why does the government struggle to "buy British" when it comes to tech? And could a simple software fix save frontline workers 8 hours of admin a week?
In this episode, Robert and Steph are joined by Alex Stephany, the CEO of Beam, a British ‘GovTech’ success story used by two-thirds of UK councils. Alex tells us how it works, but also why the government procurement system is holding back companies like his.
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5 April 2026, 11:05 pm - 48 minutes 15 seconds266. Trump Turmoil: An investor's perspective
A month into the war in the Middle East, what are investors thinking? Are we heading for a global recession? Who is most exposed? What are the options central banks and governments have for getting through it? What does this mean for the UK economy? How can the government help people with bills without upsetting the bond markets and increase borrowing costs? Plus, what should you be thinking about if you have money in stocks and shares?
Karen Ward – Chief Market Strategist EMEA at JP Morgan Asset Management – is back to give us her take on the possible economic outcomes of the geopolitical turmoil. She breaks down what matters and what doesn’t when it comes to understanding market volatility. Plus she explains why she thinks we don’t need to worry about the private credit market taking us into another financial crisis.
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1 April 2026, 11:05 pm - 56 minutes 9 seconds265. Are we due another financial crisis?
What does Lloyd Blankfein - former boss of Goldman Sachs - think is the biggest threat to financial stability? What did he learn from the credit crunch about dealing with risk? Was the investment bank the ‘vampire squid’ it was described as? Plus, why did his cancer diagnosis have to be kept secret?
Lloyd talks to Robert and Steph about his journey from a housing project in Brooklyn to CEO of Goldman Sachs during the 2008 financial crisis. They also discuss AI, fat fingers and whether Lloyd would join Trump’s administration if he was asked.
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29 March 2026, 11:05 pm - 43 minutes 43 seconds264. Why the chair of Iceland Foods is not worried about their energy bills
What is retail boss Richard Walker telling Kier Starmer to do in his new role as the PM’s Cost of Living Tsar? Why does he want a temporary cap on the profits of energy and oil companies? How does a supermarket like Iceland handle the price pressures that come from war in the Middle East? And how worried is he about rising employment costs?
Richard Walker - executive chair of Iceland Foods - talks to Steph and Robert about everything from whether we should be drilling for more oil in the North Sea to the price of a prawn ring.
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26 March 2026, 12:05 am - 52 minutes 19 seconds263. Iran War: protecting the UK economy from the energy crisis
Why is the UK economy the most exposed to the harm from Trump’s Iran war? How should Reeves respond? And with resources so tight, which families should be bailed out from rising energy prices?
Steph and Robert explain why Starmer should not waste this crisis, and should take the bold painful decisions to put Britain on a path to higher growth
Since the recording of this episode, Donald Trump announced a five-day extension on his ultimatum to "hit and obliterate" Iran. Robert and Steph's discussion today covers the tough economic choices facing Starmer and Reeves whatever path the Iran conflict now takes.
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23 March 2026, 3:12 pm - 49 minutes 50 seconds262. Does the Chancellor have a growth plan at last?
The Chancellor claims she is finally focussed on growth, but is it too little too late? Will the EU agree to improve access for British exporters? How much of our taxes will she transfer to metro mayors and what will they spend it on? And why is she still so far behind the curve on AI?
Robert and Steph mark the PM’s homework, as she says she at last has a plan to make us richer.
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19 March 2026, 12:05 am - 35 minutes 50 seconds261. Dire straits: Should the Royal Navy end the Iran oil blockade?
How will Keir Starmer protect our living standards from the soaring energy costs caused by Trump’s Iran war? Can the Chancellor afford to subsidise our heating bills? And should the Prime Minister say yes to Trump’s request for British minesweeping drones and ships to be sent to the Straits of Hormuz?
Steph and Robert discuss the options available to the government to limit the economic damage from the Iran war.
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16 March 2026, 3:26 pm - 51 minutes 7 seconds260. Iran War: why the poor will suffer
Why are financial markets still failing to price in the true economic costs of "Trump’s war"? How is the UK facing a "double whammy" of both higher interest rates and declining living standards? Why is it considered "ludicrous" to believe the economy could return to normal quickly, even if the war ended tomorrow?
Robert and Steph are joined by Mohamed El-Erian for an urgent deep dive into what the government can do to reduce the economic harm caused by the Iran war. Together, they assess the hit to global growth, and how rising energy and food prices will widen inequalities between British households.
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