What’s behind the Budget? With Andrew Marr
March 16, 2023
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March 16, 2023
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<p>Jeremy Hunt presented his first Budget on Wednesday (15 March) as forecasts said that Britain faces a record fall in living standards over the next two years.</p><br /><p>Anoosh Chakelian is joined by the New Statesman’s political editor, Andrew Marr, and business editor, Will Dunn, to take us through the key measures. They discuss the huge stealth tax rises the Chancellor snuck into his <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2023/03/budget-summary-boring-budget-dangerous" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“boring”</a> Budget and, with half a million workers on strike as he delivered it, the <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2023/03/jeremy-hunt-is-too-late" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">missed opportunities</a> to rescue public services.</p><br /><p>Then, the <em>New Statesman</em>’s deputy political editor Rachel Wearmouth joins the podcast to discuss Labour’s response: has its emphasis on childcare been overshadowed by the Tories, and are the two main parties <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2023/03/the-quiet-consensus-how-labour-and-the-tories-are-converging" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">moving closer</a> together on policy?</p><br /><p>If you have a question for You Ask Us, go to newstatesman.com/youaskus</p><br /><p>Subscribers can get an ad free version of the NS Podcast on the <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p>Podcast listeners can subscribe to the <em>New Statesman</em> for just £1 a week for 12 weeks using our special offer. Just visit <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/podcastoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newstatesman.com/podcastoffer</a>. </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>
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