logo
episode-header-image
Sep 2021
36m 13s

Tearing up the Conservatives’ fiscal ort...

Financial Times
About this episode

This week we analyse prime minister Boris Johnson’s game on social care reform, what the plan involves and whether the Conservative party and its voters will swallow tax rises. Political editor George Parker and economics editor Chris Giles dissect the details.

Plus we look at how the UK government hopes to try to avoid another coronavirus lockdown this winter through vaccine passports and booster jabs. 

With cases already running high, are hospitals about to be overwhelmed? Health editor Sarah Neville and science reporter Oliver Barnes will discuss.

Audio source: Institute for Government

Produced by Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Breen Turner and Sean McGarrity.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Sep 11
AI: Is Britain prepared?
AI promises major opportunities, but also significant risks – for the economy, employment, security and perhaps even human civilisation. But in Westminster, AI is far from a priority. In addition, fears that the UK’s AI Security Institute could be cut out of testing future fronti ... Show More
41m 21s
Sep 4
Reform in hot water … again
Reform’s conference in Birmingham was soured by a Channel 4 News broadcast showing the party's leader Nigel Farage and some of his closest allies in conversations with a man purporting to arrange illicit political donations. Farage says the party has ‘broken no law’ but Reform ha ... Show More
29m 17s
Sep 4
Burnham vs Badenoch: Commons showdown
There’s big "new term" energy this week in parliament with MPs returning from summer recess for Andy Burnham’s first Prime Minister's Questions. After Burnham answered a mega 125 questions, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch lambasted the prime minister for being a “people pleaser ... Show More
34m 28s
Recommended Episodes
Jun 2022
PMQs Unpacked 08-06-22
<p>Matt Chorley is joined by the Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions.</p><br><p>PLUS Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss train strikes, the NHS and why we are an anxious natio ... Show More
48m 12s
May 2023
PMQs Unpacked: You Owe Me Dinner
<p>Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer battle it out over migration, inflation and apprenticeships.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Matt, Tim Shipman and Lara Spirit pause and unpack the exchanges, and Tim makes a bet on Boris Johnson's name cropping up.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Plus: Columnists Alice Thomson a ... Show More
1h 3m
Oct 2023
So the Tory goes: Britain’s Conservatives meet
Divisions within the ruling party are on full display this week, and the provocative policies Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced are unlikely to help the Conservatives’ woeful polling numbers. Early results suggest that new drugs initially prescribed for weight loss may be a po ... Show More
24m 57s
Jun 2023
Boris vs Rishi
<p>Daniel Finkelstein and Henry Zeffman are back to discuss <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d1f33b82-089d-11ee-997e-7710367054a0?shareToken=f4b05066301c05cd207e5ffa594fae79" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the&nbsp;battle over Boris Johnson's honours list,</ ... Show More
45m 9s
Sep 2021
Shake, rattle the roles: Britain’s cabinet reshuffle
<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson has <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/09/16/boris-johnson-has-stamped-his-authority-on-his-cabinet?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target=" ... Show More
21m 4s