211. How Should Reeves Fill The £30bn Hole?
What are the tax solutions to Reeves’s budget crisis? What tax changes would encourage growth? Can she afford to scrap the two-child benefit cap? Steph and Robert speak to former Director of Fiscal...
28 Sep 202536min
210. Can The Government Save The UK Car Industry From The Cyber Attack On JLR?
Who is to blame for the £30bn of taxes Reeves needs to raise in the budget? Is Starmer’s big dream to turn the north east into an AI powerhouse pie in the sky? Can the Midlands car industry recover f...
24 Sep 202544min
209. Why We Can’t Abandon The World’s Poor
How do we cut poor countries’ debts without rewarding corrupt dictators? After Trump’s abandonment of aid to developing countries, will poverty and disease be unstoppable? How do we restore hope? Rob...
21 Sep 202533min
208. Have We Just Surrendered Our Economic Independence To The US?
Should we worry that all our AI infrastructure will be owned by US firms? How can we turn schools and colleges into the drivers of economic recovery? How much of education and investment power should ...
17 Sep 202535min
207. What Can We Learn About Farage’s Finances From His Accounts?
What are the Reform leader’s tax arrangements? Do the party leaders really publish their tax returns? Has there ever been a financially dodgier Prime Minister than Winston Churchill? Robert and Ste...
14 Sep 202542min
206. Will Starmer Sack Mandelson Over Epstein?
Why do politicians hang out with billionaires? Are they a problem for democracy? What happens when a wealthy venture capitalist starts lobbying British institutions? Steph and Robert look at how th...
10 Sep 202536min
205. Are Reform Looking For An Argentine Tango?
Who is Nigel Farage inspired by when it comes to Reform’s plans for the economy? What does Starmer’s reshuffle mean for business, skills and employment law? And which minister refused to move? Robe...
7 Sep 202539min
204. Will The Late Late Budget Heal Or Harm?
How much is Reeves to blame for surging government borrowing costs? Has she made another error by maximising uncertainty with the long wait to the budget? How could she mend public finances? Robert...
3 Sep 202539min
