Bridget Phillipson on Labour's long-term strategy
Political Fix
Financial Times
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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In the latest from our special interview series, the FT's Sebastian Payne talks to Bridget Phillipson, Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, about the government's economic recovery plan, and how Labour would approach it differently. Plus, how the party plans to regain support across the north of England and why it needs to move beyond the Brexit divide.
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| 0:00.0 | How can the Labour Party regain trust on the economy after its last two election |
| 0:06.5 | platforms were deemed not credible by British voters? |
| 0:12.0 | Well the Prime Minister promised a new deal, but there's not much that's new and it's not much of a deal. |
| 0:18.0 | We're facing an economic crisis, the biggest we've seen in a generation and the recovery needs to match that. |
| 0:27.2 | Welcome to Payne's politics, your essential insider guide to what's happening in British politics |
| 0:32.3 | from the Financial Times with me |
| 0:34.3 | Sebastian Payne. Kiyastama, the Labour Party leader, was heard at the top of the |
| 0:38.9 | program criticizing the government's plan for post-Covid recovery. |
| 0:43.0 | In our latest interview special, |
| 0:45.0 | I'm speaking to Bridget Philipson, |
| 0:47.0 | the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, |
| 0:49.5 | about how her party can prove itself |
| 0:51.5 | on this crucial issue of the economy and will |
| 0:54.0 | be speaking about how labor can win back its lost voters in the north of England. |
| 0:58.4 | Ms. Philipson was first elected as the MP for Sunderland South in 2010 at the age of 27. |
| 1:05.2 | Under Ed Miliband's leadership, she served as a Labour whip before serving on several |
| 1:09.7 | parliamentary select committees. |
| 1:11.5 | During and since the 2016 referendum she made no bones |
| 1:15.0 | about her staunch remain stance on the EU question. And like many of her |
| 1:19.2 | colleagues however, she survived the Tory tidal wave that hit the northeast of England in the 2019 |
| 1:24.9 | election and was soon appointed to the Shadow Treasury team by Kiestarma in April. |
| 1:29.2 | So Bridget, thank you very much for joining us on Payne's politics. |
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