How much can Burnham re-engineer the fiscal rules? Should he stick to a manifesto that has already been trampled over? Who should he choose to be chancellor? Will the markets approve?
The former director of the IFS is back to tell us about the constraints and opportunities the new prime minister will have to get the economy growing and improve living sta ... Show More
Jun 24
290. Can Burnham’s ‘business friendly socialism’ grow the economy?
Why are each of us £15,000 a year worse off than we should be? What can we learn from the US about housing? Can ‘Manchesterism’ work across the UK? How much is the triple lock state pension holding back young people? Paul Johnson, former director of the IFS, is back to tell us ab ... Show More
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Nov 2025
464. Labour’s Tax Timebomb, Climate Backsliding, and Sudan’s Forgotten War
Is this the Budget that breaks Labour, or can Reeves walk the tightrope? Why does the general public increasingly think we’re overreacting to climate breakdown? Why aren’t Elon Musk’s provocations of a civil war in Britain being challenged more by mainstream politicians? Join Ror ... Show More
54m 56s