A long week in economics

Wake Up to Money

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Business

4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Felicity Hannah wraps up a busy week for the economy with an expert panel. We hear from the union representing workers at British Steel in Scunthorpe. And we'll look ahead to a weekend of celebration with Mothers Day and Eid on the horizon. Download the podcast via the BBC Sounds app.

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0:43.9	Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money.
0:45.9	What's next for British Steel?
0:48.5	Up to 2,700 jobs could be at risk in Scunthorpe.
0:52.4	We'll hear from one of the unions representing those workers.
0:55.7	Then it is Friday.
0:57.0	Plenty for our panel to review after the Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out a series of changes
1:02.5	to public spending in her spring statement.
1:04.8	Now our task is to secure Britain's future in a world that is changing before our eyes.
1:12.0	But then, of course, the world changed some more.
1:14.3	What we're going to be doing is a 25% tariff on all cars that are not made in the United States.
1:20.1	If they're made in the United States, it's absolutely not tariff.
1:23.2	We will unpick all of that plus with the end of Ramadan approaching.
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