What 2024 Holds for the UK Economy with Simon French and Laura Foll

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What's the Smartest Way to Save in 2026?

Hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek take another listener question, this time around the pros and cons of ISAs, LISAs, and SIPPs. They debate the most tax-efficient method of saving depending on one's circumstances and why savers need to be aware of the withdrawal rules to ...  Show more

Price Controls, Britain's Struggling Jobs Market, and the SpaceX IPO

In Merryn's absence this week John Stepek and Sam Unsted, editor on the Bloomberg Markets Today live blog, discuss how weak UK economic data has actually provided some relief for gilts this week, look at the problems with both proposed and existing government price controls, and ...  Show more

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