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Wake Up to Money: 10/06/2010

10/06/2010

BBC Radio 5 Live - Wake Up to Money, 10/06/2010

The CBI urges the government to cut spending and increase taxes to cut the huge deficit.

The CBI suggests ways to cut the deficit, interest rates look set to remain at 0.5 per cent, Scotland could see a minimum alcohol price imposed and an answer to blocking junk mail.

News and views from the business world with Jeremy Naylor and Andy Verity. 

The CBI is calling on the government to cut spending and increase taxes to cut the huge deficit. We speak to John Cridland, Deputy Director General of the CBI and Colin Ellis, Chief Economist at the BVCA.

The Bank of England is likely to leave interest rates unchanged for the 15th month in a row at just 0.5%. We ask Colin Ellis, Chief Economist at the BVCA, whether the OECD were right to say interest rates should rise this year.

Members of the Scottish Parliament will later debate proposals which could see a minimum price cap of 40 pence per unit of alcohol. Campbell Evans, Director of Government and Consumer Affairs at the Scottish Whisky Association, explains why he has been the leading voice of opposition against this proposal.

The watchdog Consumer Focus, has launched a website for blocking nuisance messages such as junk mail and cold-calling phone calls. We ask Joe Cicero, Head of Consumer Focus Labs, how the new gismo works.

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