A very warm welcome to consuming issues on Share Radio with me.

Georgie Frost on Digital Online and through the Share Radio mobile app every weekday from 9 until 1 with my producer Annie Weston, making that pound in your pocket go a little further.

Now, this is the time of the week where we welcome the team from This Is Money, the

award-winning financial website and money section of the mail online. This morning I've

got editor Simon Lambert and journalist Ed Monk and Amy Andrew here to discuss the stories

that they've been investigating this week that affect us and that pound in our pocket, including Russia. What on earth is going on over there? And why does it matter to us here? Where should you move if you want to get a serious hike in your pay? Plus, who are the companies charging savers shocking management fees to look after our pension pots? Well, good morning to the three of you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

We often talk also about money-saving tips here on consuming issues.

You guys have helped us along that.

Thank you very much for that as well.

But we don't want to scrimp on quality.

Oh, no.

So we investigate how the discounts compare with higher-end supermarkets.

Oh yes, I introduce to you the great festive share radio This Is Money taste test.

It's not official at all.

Just a bit of fun to see if the team from This Is Money can taste the difference between the budget and luxury Christmas food.

Oh yes, we put them to the test.

Sprouts and all, I can see your faces lit up there with wonder and anticipation.

I'd like to put in a little caveat here.

I haven't cooked anything apart from the sprouts, and those are pretty badly.

So any food poisoning is totally down to not me.

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