Wake Up to Money, Wake Up to Money, A subdued Spring Statement

Wake Up to Money

Wake Up to Money

A subdued Spring Statement

4 March 2026

53 minutes

Available for 29 days

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.