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Radio 5 Live,04 Mar 2026,53 mins

A subdued Spring Statement

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Sean Farrington examines how the US-Israeli war with Iran is hitting the UK economy, from the FTSE 100 to the pound. And we also hear from some of the 250 thousand British expats in the UAE about their experience of the conflict – and whether it has changed their minds about life in the region. Elsewhere, we digest the chancellor’s much-downplayed spring statement.

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