Credit Where Credit Is Due

<p>As the commons prepares to vote on whether to extend the £20 uplift to universal credit - due to be reduced at the end of March - Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the divisions it exposes in the Conservative party, and whether Labour's position is consistent. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your question on whether Keir Starmer's leadership has learned the lessons of his predecessor (but one), Ed Miliband.</p><br /><p><strong><em>Read more on </em></strong><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>NewStatesman.com</em></strong></a><strong><em>: </em></strong></p><p><strong>Stephen: </strong><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/welfare/2021/01/why-conservative-defensiveness-over-universal-credit-shows-how-politics-has" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Why Conservative defensiveness over Universal Credit shows how politics has changed</strong></a></p><p><strong>Anoosh: </strong><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/welfare/2021/01/it-would-be-morally-indefensible-and-politically-foolish-cut-universal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>It would be morally indefensible – and politically foolish – to cut Universal Credit</strong></a></p><p><strong>Ailbhe: </strong><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2021/01/keir-starmer-opens-foreign-policy-and-conversations-barack-obama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Keir Starmer opens up on foreign policy and conversations with Barack Obama</strong></a></p><br /><p>We'd love to hear from you! Send us your You Ask Us questions at&nbsp;<a href="http://youaskus.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">youaskus.co.uk</a>. You can follow Stephen Bush on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/stephenkb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@stephenkb</a>. Anoosh Chakelian is <a href="https://twitter.com/Anoosh_C" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Anoosh_C</a> and Ailbhe Rea is <a href="https://twitter.com/PronouncedAlva" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PronouncedAlva</a>.</p><br /><p>Subscribing to the New Statesman helps us keep producing this podcast. You can now subscribe for 12 weeks for just £12. Visit <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/subscribe12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newstatesman.com/subscribe12</a></p><br /><p>More audio from the New Statesman: listen to our weekly global affairs show <a href="https://play.acast.com/s/world-review/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>World Review</em></a></p><br /><p>If you are a&nbsp;New Statesman&nbsp;digital subscriber you can get ad-free access to this podcast by visiting&nbsp;<a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/nssubscribers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newstatesman.com/nssubscribers</a>.</p><br /><p><strong><em>Topics in this episode:</em></strong></p><p>Universal Credit</p><p>Welfare</p><p>The Labour Party</p><p>The Conservative Party</p><p>Leadership</p><p>UK politics</p><br /><p><strong><em>People mentioned in this episode:</em></strong></p><p>Keir Starmer</p><p>Boris Johnson</p><p>Jeremy Corbyn</p><p>Ed Miliband</p><p>Diane Abbott</p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>