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Should we tax the banks to fight poverty and tackle climate change? A group of organisations is calling for a Robin Hood Tax - a levy on transactions between banks. But would it work?

And, off on a slight tangent, Lee wondered why - in this age of electronic communication - banks take so long to transfer money. They’re earning interest for the days it sits in their accounts. Could anyone enlighten him? Well that’s how the show works. You ask the question … Jim finds someone to try and give you the answer. This morning? An immediate reply from Brian Mairs of the British Bankers’ Association.

On a bench in St Alkmund's Square, Shrewsbury, yesterday afternoon – you can hear who he chatted to on Friday ... on a bench in Whitchurch next Tuesday ... but which one?