Laura?s Liz Truss Interview

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We bring you Laura Kuenssberg?s interview with Liz Truss, in which the prime minister said she was committed to scrapping the 45p top rate of tax, but called it ?a decision the chancellor made?.

Straight after coming off air, we also get Laura?s thoughts on what the prime minister had to say and what Michael Gove said in response.

Newscast is hosted by Adam Fleming. This episode was made by Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, we're giving you a bonus episode of newscast this Sunday morning because there was so much appetite for listening to the supercut of Liz Truss's interviews with local radio the other day.
0:14.5	We thought we do the same again, but with Laura Coonsberg's interview with the Prime Minister, which was just on BBC 1 at the earlier time of 8.30 because of the London Marathon.
0:24.4	We will chat to Laura about the interview and get her analysis and we'll hear the whole thing.
0:29.5	I thought listening to it and jotting down on my notepad, there were kind of four news stories that came out of it.
0:34.7	The Prime Minister saying that she could have laid the ground better and communicated better ahead of the mini budget by Quasi Quarteng a few weeks ago. The fact that the 45P rate, cutting the top rate of tax, wasn't discussed with the cabinet. They were kept in the dark. And also the Prime Minister made it very clear that it was the Chancellor's decision. Then there's a little bit
0:54.8	about whether benefits will go up by inflation versus pensions going up by inflation next year.
1:01.6	And also the Prime Minister was asked loads of times if she would cut public spending. And she
1:07.2	gave very vague answers, which people will interpret as a yes.
1:11.3	Anyway, plenty to discuss in this bonus episode of Newscast.
1:14.5	Newscast from the BBC.
1:16.8	We will deliver, we will deliver, we will deliver.
1:19.9	Build the back better.
1:21.2	Blah, blah, blah, blah.
1:22.0	Green economy.
1:23.2	Blah, blah, blah.
1:24.2	I've absolutely apologised for using the word scum.
1:27.3	Calm down. Enough is enough. Has using the word scum. Calm down.
1:27.9	Enough is enough.
1:29.5	Has to la vista, baby.
1:31.2	Only enough, it was tractors I was looking at.
1:33.3	This is not the Russian people's war.
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