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Back to SearchWill The Autumn Budget Cure Our Blues?
Episode 96
Robert and Steph discuss how the Treasury can encourage more investment to fix the economy and public services, why the Bank of England didn’t cut in…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Children's Homes Scandal: Part Two
Episode 95
Robert and Steph catch up after the huge response we’ve had to the Children’s Services special episode and ask the Secretary of State for Education, …
1 year, 6 months ago
94. How To Fix Education
Episode 94
Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson tells us her plans to solve: the skills gap, teacher’s pay needs, early years childcare provisio…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Children's Homes Scandal
Episode 93
A special episode on the hundreds of millions of pounds of profit disappearing out of our children's homes and into the hands of private investors. W…
1 year, 6 months ago
Are Labour’s economic plans in trouble?
Episode 92
Robert and Steph discuss how Starmer and Reeves made such a mess of scrapping the winter fuel payment, whether they were also wrong to abolish the so…
1 year, 6 months ago
Should everyone get free money?
Episode 91
Robert and Steph look at the pros and cons of a Universal Basic Income. They also answer your questions on increasing the income tax threshold to £20…
1 year, 6 months ago
How Billionaires Think
Episode 90
Robert and Steph are joined by polling guru Nate Silver to discuss how Silicon Valley investors and tech billionaires are a breed apart from politici…
1 year, 6 months ago
Why are so many young people struggling to get a job?
Episode 89
With joblessness amongst young people the highest it’s been for a decade, Lauren Mistry from Youth Employment UK talk exclusively to Robert and Steph…
1 year, 6 months ago
Why are Labour drip-feeding us the bad news?
Steph and Robert discuss Keir Starmer’s gloomy speech that set the tone for a ‘painful’ Autumn budget, look at why short selling the stock market isn…
1 year, 7 months ago
Will Labour Scrap Council Tax?
Episode 87
Steph is joined by economics commentator Grace Blakeley to answer your questions, including what a world without landlords would look like, how Labou…
1 year, 7 months ago