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A key senator has indicated he will not vote for President Biden's Build Back Better plan. The move by Joe Manchin puts the huge social spending measure in jeopardy, as Lauren Fedor, US political correspondent at the Financial Times explains. And we explore the potential impact on the US economy with Chris Low of FHN Financial. Also in the programme, the government of Ghana intends to introduce an e-levy tax on "mobile money" transactions. Bernard Mornah helped organise recent protests against the levy and explains why he is opposed to the measure. Grace Mensah farms chickens west of Accra, and tells us how much her business relies on mobile phone payments. And economist Dr Priscilla Twumasi Baffour of the University of Ghana discusses the arguments made by the government to justify the new tax. Plus, with the majority of English Premier League football matches cancelled over the weekend owing to coronavirus outbreaks, we examine the implications for the football sector with Kieran Maguire, lecturer in football finance from the University of Liverpool.

(Picture: Senator Joe Manchin near the Capitol. Picture credit: Getty Images.)