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Keirsplaining the budget: PM to the rescue?
The budget fallout continues but did the Prime Minister and the Chancellor exaggerate the size of the blackhole?
Sam and Anne question whether Keir St…
5 months, 1 week ago
The budget's hidden problems revealed
After all the drama can MPs, the markets, business and voters stomach Rachel Reeves’ budget?
Sam and Anne look behind the headlines and dive deeper i…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Budget 2025: What Rachel Reeves didn’t say
Has the chancellor done enough to save the government after weeks of official and unofficial briefings of the "most trailed budget in history"?
We kne…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
What is the positive case for Rachel Reeves’ budget?
Mansion tax, gambling tax, milkshake tax, scrapping the two-child benefit cap – today we finally get all the details of the most trailed budget in po…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Reeves’ risky budget fightback
On the eve of the long-awaited budget, the rhetoric is ramping up and speculation across Westminster is wild – but has the criticism on the Chancello…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Budget week: What business really fears
As Business leaders gather for the CBI conference will the Chancellor be on their side?
Sam and Anne consider whether Rachel Reeves could make this b…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Gender wars follow Starmer to the G20
As the Prime Minister heads to the G20 in South Africa, could international support for the Ukrainian war effort be under threat as an alleged corrup…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Is the mansion tax back?
With just one week until the budget – what levers are left for the Chancellor to pull to plug the black hole in the public finances?
Sam and Anne ass…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Has the budget already unravelled?
The Prime Minister is out of the country again for the first of two overseas trips this week - he's off to Berlin ahead of the G20 in South Africa.
B…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Will Labour accept Shabana's asylum crackdown?
Following a briefing war and a budget U-turn last week, can the Home Secretary get the government’s agenda back on track?
Sam and Anne discuss Shaban…
5 months, 3 weeks ago