Has the government changed its mind over tax cuts?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at the government’s budget plans, after the chancellor said there is likely to be less scope for tax cuts in the March Budget than there was last autumn.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott is in the studio to discuss.
Also joining James and Chris are former Conservative cabinet minister David Gauke, and Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by James Cook and Chris Mason. It was made by Chris Flynn with Gemma Roper. The assistant editor was Chris Gray. The senior news editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | So earlier this week we were chatting slogans |
| 0:07.5 | with our fellow newscasters after an email that we received. |
| 0:10.8 | And the question was, if we were a political party what would our |
| 0:15.3 | slogan be? That is fantastic because in this year of one heck of a lot of slogans |
| 0:20.4 | we've got to up our game haven't we we've got to think of them and we've had some suggestions. |
| 0:24.0 | We have. We've had John on email who says our slogan would be |
| 0:27.6 | oozing truth and stamina. And J.S. Mindhorn on Discord says, make Britain ooze again, which I too like, apart from, |
| 0:39.2 | it's not far from make Britain snooze again, it which is a perennial concern well we're going to start |
| 0:46.2 | this episode of newscast now and you can decide which is the more apt |
| 0:50.4 | newscast newscastscast from the BBC. |
| 0:53.0 | Why can't people buy a house? |
| 0:55.0 | Look at their wages. |
| 0:56.0 | Do you have any questions on things that are not related to math? |
| 0:58.0 | People who say that we were partying simply do not know what they are talking about. |
| 1:02.0 | The idea of global warming has ended. simply do not know what they are talking about. |
| 1:02.5 | The era of global warming has ended, |
| 1:05.0 | the era of global boiling has arrived. |
| 1:07.5 | It's the first time ever, I've been able to say, |
| 1:10.0 | well done, Kiea. |
| 1:11.0 | I'll end by tempting her to update newscast and update this house. |
| 1:15.1 | The Prime Minister is not under a desk. |
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