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How much of our money will they take?   And how will they spend it?  The questions will never be far away in these weeks before another general election.

As party manifestos make commitments on what the country is deemed to need, arguments will continue on how it can be paid for.  The figures involved can be eye watering.

Yet the dilemmas can be just as real if our worry is how to find a few pounds rather than a few billion.  Whether we’re struggling to make ends meet, or pretty comfortable, thank you,  the way we use money presents a permanent challenge, and today we look at how having a religious faith should affect our response.

John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, famously advised his followers: ‘Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.’   What might such a principle mean in practice today? How should having a faith affect how we get our money, how we spend it, and especially how much of it we give away?

Roy Jenkins is joined by Rev Ifor Williams, a Baptist minister in Breconshire who has written Open Hands, Open Heart, a book on the Bible’s teaching on giving being published next month. Canon Carol Wardman, adviser on Church and Society issues to the bishops of the Church in Wales. Rob Morgan, a Rhondda-based money coach for the charity Christians Against Poverty and Dr Ahmad Jamal, a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy at Cardiff Business School.