Is Truss facing another rebellion?
Liz Truss is coming under pressure over another of her policies. Should she increase benefits payments in line with inflation, or in line with earnings, as she would prefer? Will the PM change her min...
4 Okt 202211min
Are the Tories in the business of managing decline?
Kwasi Kwarteng has just spoken at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham defending his mini-Budget, despite having u-turned on the cut to the 45p tax rate this morning. Will his speech have c...
3 Okt 202211min
Why has Truss u-turned?
The Prime Minister has abandoned her plan to scrap the top 45 per cent rate of income tax. Why?Katy Balls speaks to Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth.Produced by Max Jeffery.Become a Spectator subscribe...
3 Okt 202213min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 02/10/22
Isabel Hardman presents the highlights from Sunday morning's political shows as the Conservative party conference enters the spotlight. Featured in today's podcast are Liz Truss, Michael Gove, Jake Be...
2 Okt 202211min
Did Gove just torpedo Truss?
Michael Gove this morning said that Liz Truss's plans to scrap the top 45 per cent tax rate are a 'display of the wrong values'. It comes as Jake Berry, the Tory party chairman, confirmed that MPs who...
2 Okt 202213min
Is Tory conference going to be a meltdown?
Isabel Hardman, James Forsyth and Katy Balls discuss whether Liz Truss will be able to recover her authority after several opinion polls show the Conservative party trailing Labour by double digit mar...
1 Okt 202213min
Liz Truss's mea cupla moment
Despite rejecting the Office for Budget Responsibility's offer of a forecast to accompany last week's so-called fiscal event, this morning it appears that the government have u-turned. What can we exp...
30 Sep 202211min
Will Truss axe Kwarteng?
Liz Truss broke her silence this morning and embarked on a pre-Tory conference media round of regional stations across the UK. In a brutal set of interviews, the Prime Minister faced questions on tax ...
29 Sep 202222min
