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They're no longer the frontrunners for power, but Reform UK remain a contender. City AM speaks to the party's Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick. What would a Reform Budget look like? And would his party nationalise Poundland?

Plus: Inside Ryanair's cost-cutting drive, and is this consultancy about to end Work From Home for good? 

Hosts: Matt Kenyon & Alys Denby 
Producer: Joe Lee 

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John Healey's 'do no harm' Budget may, in fact, do some harm - with rents set to go up again. 

Meanwhile, both Poundland and a major law firm are set to go under. 

Hosts: Matt Kenyon & Simon Hunt 
Producer: Joe Lee 

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Was this a Budget or the pre-amble to an election? Well, that's the big question as the dust settles on John Healey's first fiscal statement.

Who are the winners and losers of the Budget? And, what do the tax raids on banks and gambling firms tell us about Labour's plans? 

Hosts: Matt Kenyon & Simon Hunt 
Producer: Joey Curay-Teneda 

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John Healey has delivered his first Budget, and the Chancellor promised (repeatedly) to give voters "breathing space". But, is any of that true? And - amongst all of the tax tweaks and mini-retail offerings - is Andy Burnham getting Labour ready for an early election? 

City AM's Christian May and Alys Denby discuss with Helen Thomas, CEO of Blonde Money, and they get the government view from Labour MP Callum Anderson. 

Hosts: Christian May and Alys Denby 
Producer: Joey Curay-Teneda 

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Reform leader Nigel Farage says he hates the banks, but he also doesn't think they should be taxed any more than they are. 

Meanwhile, even in the face of boosted profits, HSBC shares have tumbled. What does this tell us about the state of the banking sector? 

Plus: Anthropic is gearing up for an IPO with a prospectus warning of infrastructure costs, huge circular investments and massive AI risk. What could possibly go wrong? 

Hosts: Matt Kenyon & Alys Denby 

Producer: Joey Curay-Teneda

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Just three months ago, John Healey resigned as defence secretary over a lack of military funding. Now that he's Chancellor, will he really fund defence properly?

Meanwhile, Oxford Street has - after years of consultations and preparation - been pedestrianised this week. What will this mean for central London? 

PLUS: The 'Big Bang' was 40 years ago today. We dig into how sweeping deregulation changed the Square Mile forever. 

Hosts: Matt Kenyon & Alys Denby 

Producer: Joey Curay-Teneda

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Barclays has announced 5,000 job cuts as the FTSE 100 bank guns for cost-cutting measures and AI. 

Meanwhile, the banking sector is poised for a banks tax - but what else is at the menu at next week's Budget?

City AM's Editor-in-Chief Christian May gives his view on the measures on the table, and the relative lack of fiscal leaks so far.

Hosts: Matt Kenyon & Alys Denby
Producer: Joey Curay-Teneda

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A triple whammy of grim economic news for the government today: UK public debt is up to £3 trillion, inflation is up to 3.5% and borrowing in September overshot by £2bn.

Meanwhile, the government has finally given the green light for North Sea gas development at its Jackdaw site.

And a Green council in Lewisham has effectively blocked a £1.5bn development project in the borough. We'll explain what's gone on... 

Hosts: Matt Kenyon & Alys Denby
Producer: Joey Curay-Teneda 

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The last time there were this few job vacancies in the UK, there were still Covid restrictions. And we’ve not even had the Budget yet… 

Meanwhile, the Chancellor has, at least, ruled out a hike to capital gains tax rates. 

PLUS: Our tech reporter Saskia Koopman discusses the new UK ruling on Apple Pay.

Hosts: Matt Kenyon & Alys Denby
Producer: Joe Lee 

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Labour is planning a punishing tax raid on family businesses, which could push thousands of firms into selling up.

Meanwhile, we delve into why Microsoft pulled out of a partnership that would have delivered Britain's biggest AI data centre.

PLUS: Could a London-wide plan to crack down on playing music out loud on public transport really be enforced? 

Hosts: Matt Kenyon & Alys Denby
Producer: Joe Lee 

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