LIV - or let die?

Wake Up To Money

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4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Sean Farrington discusses reports that LIV Golf is on the verge of collapse. The breakaway tour - heavily backed by Saudi Arabia's Sovereign Wealth Fund - split the game in two when it launched in 2022.

Also - we hear from the governor of the Bank of England who's in Washington alongside the world's leaders in finance at the Spring meeting of the IMF and World Bank.

Earlier this week, the IMF singled out the UK as one of the countries set to suffer a “large negative effect” from the energy crisis caused by the war in the Middle East.

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0:36.7	Wake up to money from BBC 5 Live.
0:39.9	Hello, welcome. It is Wake Up to Money.
0:42.3	The Bank of England Governor tells us he won't rush any rate rises.
0:46.5	Inflation is going to be higher and it is going to have a negative effect on activity.
0:50.7	That's a very, very difficult trade-off to deal with in policy terms.
0:54.1	More to come from Andrew Bailey and he's thinking about the prospects for our economy.
0:58.6	Also, we're going to be kicking off our interviews with all the main parties today,
1:03.6	as millions of voters will head to the polls in May, of course.
1:07.9	First up, the Liberal Democrats, and is it, live and let die? There are
1:12.5	reports that Golf's breakaway tour live may be folding. We'll dig into what's gone wrong
1:18.9	for the Saudi-backed disruptor. Wake up to money with Sean Farrington. Good morning. It is wake up to
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