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🗓️ 28 September 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
0:08.3 | Today we're at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool |
0:11.8 | to hear what their big vision is. |
0:14.2 | But first, their promises to sort out the current economic crisis. |
0:30.4 | Mrs Speaker, we're at the beginning of a new era. |
0:33.3 | And as we contemplate, as we contemplate. |
0:37.5 | Last week, the Chancellor quasi-quarting made a big announcement |
0:41.8 | that from April he'd be cutting taxes. |
0:44.6 | In fact, it would be the largest package of tax cuts in 50 years. |
0:59.1 | He promised that cutting taxes in this way would get the economy growing. |
1:03.5 | But the way the financial markets reacted was disastrous. |
1:07.7 | Now the British pound has fallen to its lowest level ever against the US dollar. |
1:13.1 | In early Asia trade, sterling fell to one dollar. |
1:16.2 | After less than a month in power, |
1:18.3 | Liz Truss' government had just caused a currency crisis. |
1:22.3 | To the rest of the world, it seemed unbelievable. |
1:25.3 | I think the UK is behaving a bit like an emerging market, |
1:31.0 | turning itself into a submerging market. |
1:35.3 | They'd added another strain to the economy, |
1:37.9 | at a time when millions of people across the UK |
1:40.6 | are struggling to even pay for their basic needs. |
1:43.6 | And as the country was looking for answers, |
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