The Rest Is Money

Steph and Robert speak to Sir Paul Nurse - Nobel Prize winning cell biologist and Director of the Francis Crick Institute - about how science funding needs to change, why the UK is failing to lure global talent, how we scrub up against the other OECD countries in terms of research and development and how - despite being a geneticist - it took him 55 years to discover who his biological parents were. Email: restismoney@gmail.com [restismoney@gmail.com] X: @TheRestIsMoney [https://twitter.com/therestismoney] Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney [https://www.instagram.com/therestismoney/] TikTok: @RestIsMoney [https://www.tiktok.com/@restismoney] goalhangerpodcasts.com [https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/] Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell, Evan Green Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The founder of the OBR and now boss of all official statistics Robert Chote explains to Steph and Robert why the UK’s unemployment numbers are so unreliable and why the chancellor should be braver and not obsessively try to meet her fiscal rules at all times. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion.askattest.com/EWJ34 Sign up to our newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/2eb79f9e5cb4/trim] to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com [restismoney@gmail.com] X: @TheRestIsMoney [https://twitter.com/therestismoney] Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney [https://www.instagram.com/therestismoney/] TikTok: @RestIsMoney [https://www.tiktok.com/@restismoney] goalhangerpodcasts.com [https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/] Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Robert and Steph are joined by Peter Kyle, the Science and Tech Secretary of State, to evaluate whether the prime minister’s plan to turn the UK into an AI world leader, while simultaneously modernising public services and making us richer, has any chance of succeeding. We appreciate your feedback on The Rest Is Money to help make the podcast and our partnerships better: https://opinion.askattest.com/EWJ34 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Steph and Robert are joined by Dr Gerard Lyons, an influential economist and Bank of China board member, to discuss whether Rachel Reeves is wise to ask China to invest in the UK, whether the Chancellor will need to come back for more tax rises later this year and what he really advised Liz Truss to do. Sign up to our newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/2eb79f9e5cb4/trim] to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com [restismoney@gmail.com] X: @TheRestIsMoney [https://twitter.com/therestismoney] Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney [https://www.instagram.com/therestismoney/] TikTok: @RestIsMoney [https://www.tiktok.com/@restismoney] goalhangerpodcasts.com [https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/] Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Robert gives us his take on 'Starmer vs Musk' and Steph tells us why she thinks business rates are going to be a big problem this year. There’s also a discussion about misunderstood concepts in economics, first up: GDP. Plus we catch-up on the exciting post Steph and Robert received over Christmas. A clue: it involves a Clinton and a Truss. Sign up to our newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/2eb79f9e5cb4/trim] to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com [restismoney@gmail.com] X: @TheRestIsMoney [https://twitter.com/therestismoney] Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney [https://www.instagram.com/therestismoney/] TikTok: @RestIsMoney [https://www.tiktok.com/@restismoney] goalhangerpodcasts.com [https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/] Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]