The Rest Is Money
Robert Peston and Steph McGovern bring you insightful business and finance stories. Join Robert Peston and Steph McGovern as they delve into the key challenges and opportunities facing today’s business world. From the complexities of tech investments to the impact of political decisions on global markets, this podcast offers valuable perspectives on current financial topics. Whether discussing business funding, economic policies, or corporate strategies, they provide listeners with the tools to understand today’s fast-evolving market. Each episode brings expert analysis on important issues, including market regulations, economic recovery, and the forces shaping the future of work. Robert and Steph bring you the latest insights from influential leaders and top entrepreneurs, making this podcast a must-listen for anyone interested in business growth, financial trends, and the evolving economic landscape. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com.
Episodes
June 29, 2025 • 39 mins
Why do governments lie about how we will be bankrupted by pension and health costs in 30 years? How can we persuade young people to start saving now to avert this catastrophe? And why is saving cash not enough?
Robert and Steph speak to Karen Ward, Chief Market Strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management about her new and terrifying research into Britain’s savings crisis.
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June 26, 2025 • 31 mins
How does the tax system work for non-doms? Does Reform’s idea for a ‘Britannia Card’ have any merit? Is Dan Neidle really a "far left political activist"?
Steph and Robert speak to the Tax Policy Associates founder to find out.
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June 23, 2025 • 33 mins
Is this the calm before the storm for market reaction? How will China influence Iran’s response? Will the bombing undermine Starmer’s friendship with the US President?
Robert and Steph assess the economic consequences of Trump’s geopolitical gamble.
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June 18, 2025 • 27 mins
Have the leaders of the G7 ever been more divided? Why have markets been relatively calm about the Israel-Iran conflict so far? What are the scenarios that could cause oil prices to surge and stock prices to collapse? Steph and Robert discuss.
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June 15, 2025 • 54 mins
What is the Tory Leader's position on the future of the NHS? Is she for or against green energy and net zero? And what is her plan to woo young people and small businesses?
Robert speaks to Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch about her vision for another Tory government.
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June 11, 2025 • 34 mins
What difference will the healthcare and defence budget increases make?Where does it leave other departments? Will we ever catch up on infrastructure and research investment to be the economic powerhouse we want to be?
Robert and Steph discuss the Spending Review and why Robert had to read 7 lengthy documents to get any useful detail.
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June 8, 2025 • 38 mins
Why are Trump’s tax and spending plans a global problem? Where are investors putting their money now? Can Reeves’ spending review make the UK a winner? Steph and Robert discuss.
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June 4, 2025 • 51 mins
Why isn’t the government honouring its pledge to transfer more power to mayors? Why doesn’t the government do more to attract American talent to the UK? Should the London mayor set rent controls?
Robert is joined by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London.
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June 1, 2025 • 44 mins
Why is there an obesity epidemic? Are “fat jabs” the answer? How culpable are the food multinationals for making and marketing addictive “ultra-formulated” foods?
Steph and Robert are joined by US public health expert ex-FDA commissioner, who rolled out COVID vaccines in America, Dr David Kessler.
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May 28, 2025 • 58 mins
Are Trump’s unfunded tax cuts trashing America’s “exorbitant privilege”? Has Europe stopped being "goodie goodie" and is it at last going for growth? Do Reeves’s fiscal rules hurt her by ramping up damaging speculation?
Steph and Robert speak with Karen Ward, Chief Market Strategist for EMEA at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
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May 25, 2025 • 37 mins
How do we swap out dirty power for clean power in the UK? Why aren’t politicians more ambitious with green energy policies when it’s cheaper than the fossil fuel alternative? Will China and the rest of the world step forward where America is stepping backwards?
Robert and Steph speak to Lord Nick Stern, one of the leading voices on the economic impact of climate change.
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May 21, 2025 • 41 mins
Why can’t the Bank of England’s rate setters agree on how to tackle inflation? What impact does this have on business? Should tax breaks for savers be scrapped?
Steph and Robert discuss all this, plus why Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful’ tax bill is getting ugly.
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May 19, 2025 • 31 mins
How much richer will Starmer’s EU reset make us? Why didn’t he negotiate for goods what he agreed for food? And will his energy deal with Brussels help or hurt British manufacturers?
Robert and Steph dissect whether Starmer’s EU deal really is a “win win”.
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May 18, 2025 • 44 mins
Why is Rachel Reeves in a lose-lose situation with UK growth? How can the care sector survive without immigration? How are the world’s biggest retailers responding to Trump’s erratic economic policies?
Robert and Steph discuss.
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May 14, 2025 • 44 mins
Can US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, stop Trump trashing the global economy? Do Starmer’s new immigration controls make any sense? And are we about to see an EU and UK revival?
Robert chats this and more with Steph Flanders, Head of Economics and Politics at Bloomberg, and host of the Trumponomics podcast.
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May 12, 2025 • 33 mins
Does Trump’s China capitulation mean the tariff war is over? Is the dollar’s safe haven status dead? What does Trump’s coercion of drug companies mean for the NHS?
Robert and Steph discuss the latest Trump Turmoil including Qatar’s $400m airplane gift to him.
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May 11, 2025 • 43 mins
What does the Conservative Party have to do to be electable? Does it matter whether Reform has absurd economic plans? And why is so much of today’s politics about immigration?
Robert and Steph talk with Rachel Wolf, co-author of Boris Johnson’s 2019 manifesto, about what the centre right needs to do economically to regain public trust.
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May 8, 2025 • 31 mins
What is the deal? Is it any good? What about the EU?
Robert and Steph bring you their analysis of the good, the bad and the ugly of the UK tariff deal with the US.
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May 7, 2025 • 46 mins
What are the numbers behind the new trade deal between India and the UK? Have the Conservatives lost all economic common sense? Will it matter to voters whether Reform UK’s economic policies are bonkers?
Robert and Steph discuss these questions and more.
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May 4, 2025 • 50 mins
Do we need to speed up or slow down the transition to green power? Should we have local power for local people in the form of zonal pricing? Are renewables more prone to system crashes, as happened in Spain and Portugal?
Steph and Robert find out from the boss and founder of the UK’s biggest energy company, Octopus, Greg Jackson.
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