It's 'Liberation Day' eve as Trump dangles his tariffs threat across the world again. How should Starmer respond to what could be a nail in the coffin to the UK economy? And how has one woman’s anti abortion protest now got tangled up in a free trade deal? We talk with a former Bank of England chief economist.

Later, is Kemi Badenoch right about Adolescence? Should policy be made off the back of TV drama? And if so, what is it?

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