07/06/2011
The IMF has backed George Osborne's deficit reduction plan, but should we have a Plan B for the economy?
Presented by Jeremy Naylor and Dominic Laurie.
The IMF has backed George Osborne's deficit reduction plan. Mark Littlewood, director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs thinks Mr Osborne is doing a good job and Vicky Pryce, senior managing director of economics at FTI Consulting, thinks the Chancellor should come up with a Plan B.
As the UK's five biggest banks meet 80 small and medium sized businesses in Manchester, we ask: are banks turning away small businesses seeking loans? We speak to a small business owner who thinks this is the case as well as Angela Knight, chief executive of the British Bankers Association.
How much do we need to be saving to be comfortable in retirement? A report from Scottish Widows suggests half of us are not putting aside enough. We are joined by Ros Altmann, director general of Saga Group.
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