Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner have been championing growth this week. But will their plans actually work?

Amol has assembled an expert panel to provide their take on how to generate more wealth in the UK – Institute for Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson and venture capitalist and co-founder of Lovecrafts, Cherry Freeman.

And comedian Frank Skinner joins Amol with his moment of the week – watch out for a bonus episode with much more of their chat coming to this feed soon.

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