Summary
As 10-year borrowing costs hit their highest level since 2008, more questions are raised over how the government will stick to its tax and spending plans. Leanna Byrne finds out what's behind it all and where it could go from here.
Farmers will be taking the environment secretary to task today as the Oxford Farming Convention gets under way; Wake Up to Money hears from one such agriculturalist will be telling us the pressures currently on the industry.
Plus, working from home is back under discussion at some big firms again - are we all going back to the office?
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| 0:44.2 | Wake Up to Money from BBC Five Live. |
| 0:47.6 | Hello, welcome. It is Wake Up to Money. |
| 0:49.8 | The government is facing fresh questions on its tax and spending plans as 10-year borrowing costs |
| 0:55.5 | climbed to their highest level since 2008 farmers are gearing up to grill the Environment Secretary |
| 1:01.5 | at the Oxford Farming Conference later today. We'll talk to one farmer about all the big topics |
| 1:06.2 | from inheritance tax changes to the cost of feed and fuel. And working from home is on the spotlight. |
| 1:13.0 | Some of the UK's biggest firms are rolling back in it. |
| 1:16.3 | So where we finally all going back into the office. |
| 1:19.8 | Wake Up to Money from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 1:23.3 | Good morning. Welcome to Wake Up to Money Thursday, the 9th of January. |
| 1:47.3 | It's just after 5 o'clock. Just a four minutes past five. I'm Leanna Byrne. Thanks for joining me this morning. I'm in for Will Bain today. And I have to say he picked a day for it because it is freezing out there. It was so cold that actually my door froze shut and I was just pushing at it and pushing at it. |
| 2:05.6 | I was like, I don't know if I'm going to make this program, but I did. I got here. It was fine. The taxi driver had the heating on blast and it was all good. And he actually said it, you know, it looks like a black and white film. So it was quite nice actually out there. But I feel like there is something in the air. It's not just snow and frost. I feel like the heating is actually on full blast when it comes to the economy. The dragging down the pound, borrowing costs sky high, makes a lot of the front pages this morning, daily mail. |
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