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Podcast: Pod Save the UK
Episode: How Can We Fix The British Economy? With Paul Johnson From The IFS
Description: It’s been a tough few weeks for new Chancellor Rachel Reeves. In a speech to the House of Commons on Monday, Reeves declared that despite going in to government with gloomy prospects, the financial inheritance was much worse than she had expected. Naturally, this didn’t go down particularly well with the now Shadow Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, as the two traded barbs whilst invoking the opinions of THE name in British economics - Paul Johnson. Nish and Coco sit down with the man himself, Paul, to talk about how deep the budgetary black hole goes and solut...