Inheritance tax rules are due for a shake up - FT Money editor Claer Barrett asks whether efforts to simplify the system can ever shake off its claim to be "Britain's most hated tax"? Next, experts discuss whether the IR35 tax rules are flawed or not. And finally, Alan Livsey, the FT's wine buff talks about an investment that is literally liquid - fine wine.

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Have you ever counted how many online accounts you have? Do you listen to music on Spotify, upload your pictures to the cloud or hold your savings in an online bank account? If the answer is yes to any of these questions you should consider what happens to these assets when you die. On this week's FT Money show presenter Lucy Warwick-Ching delves into the world of digital legacies - from Facebook to cryptocurrencies. She talks to Angharad Lynn of VWV, James Norris of the Digital Legacy Association and Ian Bond of the Law Society about the rise of digital wills and end of life planning companies.

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Wales is getting it right on job creation if you ask me and Aston Martin

From a delicate Muscadet to a powerful Meursault, 26 wines of excellent value

From Muscat to Madeira, the best — and best-value — tipples for the festive season

‘Descours and his team have put ‘Charles Heidsieck’ back in the champagne mainstream’

How Carlo Ferrini went from top consultant to being awarded winemaker of the year three times

A retrospective tasting of Jean-Marie Guffens’ exceptionally nervy creations suggests so

‘Minerality is a character that has nothing to do with anything fruity, veggy, oaky, flowery or spicy’

Don’t be snobbish about wine in cans, pouches or cartons. Glass bottles have a far higher carbon footprint

The FT’s wine columnist reveals her favourite clubs, cellars and bars in the capital

The country’s new-wave wine producers have different ideas about what an Argentine Malbec should be

There is a new-found confidence in what Spain, and Spain alone, can offer

A Marie Kondo-style approach is best, according to serious collectors – if it doesn’t spark joy, sell it

The most popular method is through the outfit you bought it from

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‘To qualify as a Vin Méthode Nature, a wine has to be made from hand-picked organic grapes’

Producers have made impressive progress in a country where consumption per capita is heroic

Since people are no longer paying restaurant margins, some reason they can spend a bit more at home

Second largest cinema chain sides with rival in spat over movie release

Station had carried reports critical of Duterte’s violent anti-drug crackdown

Study shines light on ‘near impenetrable’ £100bn market

Finance minister also says companies cannot pay dividends while receiving government money 

IR35 rules demanding companies check their contractors’ HMRC status are flawed and unfair, say Lords

Deans come out against government plan to cut senior executive courses from workplace training scheme

Whether renting a flat or applying for a loan, you will probably need the help of a homeowner

Readers say they fall between the cracks of government support schemes

The economist has long argued that governments should spend whatever it takes. Has her time now come?

Pentwater Capital calls for boardroom change in vehicle developing Oyu Tolgoi

Supply disruptions expected to increase as governments impose lockdowns 

African nation vows to block decision it rejects as unjustified and illegal

Lusaka ups ante in dispute over shuttered copper mine

London-listed explorer hires Citi for fundraising and advice as rivals eye acquisitions

Prime minister escalates dispute over Canada-listed group’s licence

Global property portals report big increases in Chinese inquiries

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief

Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country

Peso tumbles and cost to hedge against debt default surges

Reimposition of currency controls is admission of defeat by president

Georgian once mooted as next deputy prime minister, takes on top co-ordinating role

David Pilling takes us on a tour of the African ghetto he visited with Bobi Wine, the rap singer turned politician, who has confirmed he will challenge Yoweri Museveni for the presidency of Uganda in 2021.

Contributors: Alec Russell, editor of FT Weekend, and David Pilling, Africa editor. Producer: Fiona Symon. Music clip: Kyarenga by Bobi Wine

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Britain's new prime minister Boris Johnson has set himself a 100-day deadline to achieve Brexit, with or without a deal with the European Union. Siona Jenkins discusses his chances of achieving this with Miranda Green, deputy opinion editor, and Jim Brunsden, EU correspondent.

Contributors: Siona Jenkins, editor, UK news, Miranda Green, deputy opinion editor, and Jim Brunsden, EU correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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The London Stock Exchange group has confirmed that it is in advanced talks to buy Refinitiv in a $27bn deal that would turn it into a global exchanges and data powerhouse. Patrick Jenkins discusses the proposed deal with Arash Massoudi, the FT’s corporate finance and deals editor.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Arash Massoudi, corporate finance and deals editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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What will the world look like when machines are cleverer than we are? Fred Studemann, Literary editor, and John Thornhill, Innovation editor, discuss how different writers have imagined the future in response to the advance of artificial intelligence.

Contributors: Fred Studemann, Literary editor, and John Thornhill, Innovation editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Ukraine has found itself at the centre of the US impeachment inquiry, just as new president Volodymyr Zelensky set out to fulfill his election promise to end corruption. Pilita Clark asks Ben Hall, the FT's Europe editor, what it is about Ukraine creates so much trouble in far flung places and whether it could end up harming Donald Trump's chances of re-election.

Contributors: Pilita Clark, business columnist, and Ben Hall, Europe editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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2019 was the year when Saudi Arabia launched a long awaited share offering in state oil company Aramco, when Softbank lost its gloss, when accounting giants tightened their belts and when capitalism went 'woke'. Janine Gibson discusses the corporate year and what it spells for next year with Tom Braithwaite and Brooke Masters.

Contributors: Janine Gibson, editor, special projects, Tom Braithwaite, companies editor, and Brooke Masters, comment and analysis editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Victory for Iran's hardliners in this month’s parliamentary elections has come at the cost of a despondent population suffering under the weight of renewed US sanctions. With the future of the nuclear deal in doubt and isolationist leaders in the ascendant, Andrew England, Middle East editor, and Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Tehran correspondent, discuss what happens next.

Contributors: Andrew England, Middle East editor, and Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Tehran correspondent. Producers: Fiona Symon and Mehrnosh Khalaj.

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Confidence levels plunge as growing political crisis compounds economic damage from coronavirus

Donald Trump denies Washington played role in alleged attempt to assassinate Maduro

Drugs traffickers hit by coronavirus-induced slowdown and seizures, says UN agency