Autumn Statement: "A whacking great return to austerity"
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
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🗓️ 23 November 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Jeremy Hunt would like this Autumn Statement to be seen as what the government is branding “the biggest tax cut in British history”, but what are the actual costs and implications of the yesterday's budget?
Anoosh Chakelian is joined in the studio by Rachel Cunliffe, associate political editor, and Freddie Hayward, political correspondent.
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| 0:57.0 | The new Statesman. Hi, I'm Anush. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm Rachel. |
| 1:07.0 | And I'm Freddie. |
| 1:08.0 | And this is the New Statesman's Politics Podcast. |
| 1:10.0 | On today's episode, we'll be discussing the government's autumn statement |
| 1:13.6 | which was announced by the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt yesterday. |
| 1:16.3 | Hello I'm Anusha Kéllian, Britain editor of the New Statesman and host of this |
| 1:26.4 | podcast and joining me in the studio I have Rachel Kunliff, our associate political |
| 1:30.2 | editor and Freddie Haywood our political correspondent. |
| 1:33.4 | So let's first of all talk about what was and perhaps what wasn't in the autumn statement |
| 1:37.6 | before we get into the politics of it and the impact of it on people's lives. |
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