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Political commentator Mike Indian looks at the Grenfell Tower inquiry report which damns governments and the private sector and discusses what has to happen next. Labour's push on workers' rights is, he says, the biggest change in employment law for 40 years. Its ambition is radical but it is a ragbag of measures with no unity of thought behind it. He also considers the part suspension of arms sales of Israel and the complexity of such decisions.

Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University considers the pessimistic tone adopted by Keir Starmer in his Downing Street garden speech. Will things get better after they get worse or is there something fundamentally wrong with the UK economy? With the right disunited and the Conservatives badly bruised, Tim considers the Tory leadership race and who is supporting each candidate. And he looks at the ideas behind the de-growth movement which suggests that we should abandon GDP as a measure of society's wellbeing.

Doubt and uncertainty can sometimes help fill the void on how to pursue an elusive aim of seeking success in life, however you choose to define that. It can create space for something new and provide space for thinking creatively about the future ...

Smoking can start in feeling part of a rebellious group of teenagers, but often turns from something that supports that bond-building sense of solidarity to a burden that has not delivered its early promise. Like so many things that promise one thing and turn out very different, it can feel like deceit. The ultimate rebellious behaviour may therefore be to reject that deceit, and the smoking that came with it.

Adam Cox is joined by Jason Howlett, the CEO of GivEnergy. They discuss rising energy bills and costs in the UK, as well as some new research that was carried out by GivEnergy which saw some interesting results. https://givenergy.co.uk/

Intel, Southwest, and Boeing, have all had brutal starts to 2024 – can any of them turn it around? Asit Sharma and Dylan Lewis discuss the latest sign of Intel’s struggles – possibly being removed from the Dow – and how it got here, Elliot Management’s increased stake in Southwest, and how the activist investor is planning on improving the airline, and Boeing’s recent analyst downgrade, and why manufacturing issues might lead to financial ones for the company’s aerospace and airline divisions. Also, 16 minutes in, Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp dig into the mailbag and some questions on asset allocation, retiring early and becoming a financial advisor. Companies discussed: INTC, NVDA, LUV, BA. Host - Dylan Lewis; Guests - Asit Sharma, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp

To become an expert, you may not always need expertise. You may just need to start asking better questions. Tim Beyers is a lead analyst at The Motley Fool and a frequent guest on Motley Fool Money. He’s also the host of This Week in Tech, a weekly show on our premium livestream. In today’s show, Tim talks with Mary Long about what convinced him to buy Amazon for the first time (and why he sold 2 years later), unit economics, and one company that excels at it, and the relationship between enthusiasm and education. Members of any Motley Fool Service can watch “This Week in Tech” at 10:00 am ET on Fridays, or any time at the Fool Live replay hub: to become a Motley Fool member, head to www.fool.com/signup. Have an analyst you want us to feature on an upcoming “Meet the Fool” episode? Want to share your own investing journey with us? Send a note (or a voice recording!) to [email protected]. Host - Mary Long; Guest - Tim Beyers

Nvidia continues its streak of triple-digit growth, but we shouldn’t be so surprised. Jason Moser and Bill Mann discuss Nvidia’s killer quarter, and why the market yawned over the results, the global IT outage’s impact on Crowdstrike’s past quarter and outlook for the rest of the year, and Chewy’s continued turnaround, Dollar General’s merchandising woes, and the new-look mature Salesforce. Then, 28 minutes in, film critic and corporate governance expert Nell Minow weights in on the summer box office and recent moves from Disney and Starbucks’ leadership teams. Finally, 49 minutes in, Jason and Bill break down two stocks on their radar: Birkenstock and Alimentation Couche-Tard. Stocks discussed: NVDA, CRWD, CHWY, DG, CRM, BIRK, ANCTF. Host - Dylan Lewis; Guests - Bill Mann, Jason Moser, Nell Minow

A bad news Budget looks to be on the cards after Labour continued to pour cold water on optimism following its election victory. Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a gloomy speech saying the Budget was going to be painful, hot on the heels of Chancellor Rachel Reeves' own gloom-mongering. But having made a promise not to raise the rates of income tax, national insurance, VAT and corporation tax, where will the Government try to raise cash? Starmer said tax rises would target those with the 'broadest shoulders' but who are they — and are there really enough of the very wealthy to target or will the burden be more likely to fall once again on those in the rich middle? We look at what taxes could rise and what a capital gains tax, pension, inheritance or other raid could mean for people. Plus, Britain's biggest mortgage lender Halifax is upping what it will lend first-time buyers, Crane goes on the case of an Evri bungle and asks: shouldn't you be within your rights to expect a parcel to arrive? And finally, with the Oasis ticket scramble in full effect and ticket prices sky high, can you protect against a potential Gallagher brother blow up or anything else that would stop you going? (If, that is, you can get tickets in the first place, of course!).

The oldest recipient of a Child Trust Fund turned 22 on Sunday 1st September, but the great majority of those allocated by HMRC (due to no action by the young person's parents by their 1st birthday) are unclaimed. This is the story of Joe, who really needs his money to get started in adult life — but he doesn't know anything about his good fortune. The Share Foundation has already enabled over 60,000 young people to claim their accounts, but that's a drop in the ocean compared to the huge number of accounts lying dormant with account providers. So The Share Foundation is now asking Government to implement its 'Default Withdrawal at 21' proposal for HMRC-allocated accounts. Background music: 'Missing Persons' by Jeremy Blake