Summary
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled the budget, but can he balance the UK's fiscal needs? From cutting Air Passenger Duty to criticism over a lack of climate-friendly policies ahead of COP26, the team are joined by Mairi Spowage, Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, to chat through what the budget means for devolved nations, the Government's "Levelling Up" agenda, and the pounds in people's pockets.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.5 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast that brings you an inside look |
| 0:17.0 | at the biggest stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. |
| 0:19.8 | It is Corpus 2 on Thursday the 28th of October. I'm Phil Sim, a journalist based at the biggest stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. It is Corpus 2 on Thursday the 28th of October. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm Phil Sim, a journalist based at the Scottish Parliament, and today I'm joined by. |
| 0:27.3 | Nick Erdley at Westminster, ACA Budget Land. |
| 0:31.9 | I've never heard someone say ACA. |
| 0:34.7 | Rajdip Sundu. |
| 0:36.6 | Raj Deep Sundu, also in Westminster, ACA, budget land. |
| 0:42.8 | Yeah, budget is it ACA? Have I made that up? I thought it was ACA. Yeah, also known as. |
| 0:49.0 | Well, you can tell we're giddy with excitement about Budget Week. And to that end end we've been joined today by Mary Spowage |
| 0:56.1 | who's director of the Fraser of Landre Institute |
| 0:57.9 | at the University of Strathclyde. Hello Mary. |
| 1:00.4 | Hi. Are you as excited about the |
| 1:02.1 | budget as everyone else? |
| 1:04.1 | Yeah, I'm very excited about the budget but also |
| 1:06.3 | now that I could say ACCA |
| 1:07.8 | instead of ACA. |
| 1:10.7 | I think ACA is a thing. |
| 1:13.5 | I think it might be a betting thing. |
| 1:15.2 | I don't know to the extent to which we can endorse that on the podcast. |
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