Government transfers
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Sean Farrington has the latest after a busy day of football transfer activity.
Elsewhere, the Government embarks on its own reshuffle. And, after new support for childcare comes into place, we take a look at the sector and how much it will actually help.
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| 0:37.4 | Wake up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:40.7 | Hello, welcome. |
| 0:42.1 | It is Wake Up to Money in just a matter of months. |
| 0:45.2 | We've seen Premier League teams spend more than £3 billion on players smashing the record. |
| 0:51.4 | Where is the money coming from? |
| 0:52.8 | Where is it going to exactly? |
| 0:54.9 | Whether you're a fan of Liverpool, spending hundreds of millions or a lower league club wondering |
| 0:59.2 | how it all trickles down. If it all trickles down, we'll get into the detail on Wake Up to Money |
| 1:04.2 | today. We're going to have a look at some of these latest moves making front page headlines |
| 1:08.5 | behind the scenes in Downing Street, what they might mean |
| 1:12.2 | ahead of that crunch budget this autumn. And speaking of budgets, after support has come in to try |
| 1:18.5 | and ease the cost pressures associated with childcare, we'll be asking just how much it's all |
| 1:24.6 | actually helping. |
| 1:26.0 | Wake up to Money with Sean Farrington. Good morning to you. Wake up to money with Sean Farrington. |
| 1:28.9 | Good morning to you. Wake up to money on BBC 5 live on this Tuesday morning, the second |
| 1:34.8 | of September. It is just after 5 o'clock and as ever would like your thoughts on everything |
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