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I'm Anusha Kellyan and this is the listener questions edition of the New Statesman podcast.

And I'm joined by my colleague Rachel Cunleff.

Hello, can I just say for listeners, and I knew she's wearing a spectacular jumper and you

should go watch this episode on YouTube just to be able to see it. It's wonderful. Thank you so much.

I thought I'd wear a bit of colour for the YouTube audience who don't seem to have liked my sartorial

choices of late. There was a comment saying that I hadn't ironed my shirt. And I really wanted to reply to the comment. It wasn't my shirt. It was my boyfriend's shirt. So if anyone is stubbornly, it's him. But yes, thank you, Rachel. Let's go to our questions. We've got some really good ones this week. This question is from Greasy Monkey. All right,

greasy monkey? Don't put yourself down. How could Labor have misread the room so badly? They came in

on a promise of change and yet have only delivered more of the same. I work 50 hours a week to make

ends meet. Have no children, not entitled to benefits. I've seen nothing to help me. My rent is sky high.

Income tax and council tax among all other bills keep going up every year. There's continued

speculation of more tax rises to meet Rachel Reeves's spending rules. In my world, if I can't

afford something, I don't spend it, but the government seems to want to keep increasing taxes instead

of controlling what they spend. Wow.

Okay, so this is a really good question, I think.

It's basically about someone who I assume is sort of on a middle income.

I don't know why I assume that from the question they haven't actually told us their salary,

but they do make the point if even I can't, you know, afford to live my life,

then what's going on.

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