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The Bunker

Mini-budget explained: Was there anything good in Hunt’s autumn statement?

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6984 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

What should we actually pay attention to in Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, away from the points he wants to spin? To make sense of the mini-budget, Alex Andreou is joined in The Bunker by Jo Michell, professor of economics at the University of the West of England, to take a closer look at the chancellor’s proposals. • "We shouldn’t treat taxes as a burden, but a responsibility.” – Jo Michell • “Longer term forecasts are completely unpredictable." – Jo Michell • “The government is against investment itself, just green investment." – Jo Michell Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

My name is Stan. I'm at. Nice to meet you. So you took up photography where? I've always loved

0:05.5

photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

0:11.8

Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

0:13.0

I loved going to college.

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It's good you can retrain and do something.

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1:12.3

Jemmy Hunt's Autumn's statement has come. Daley I am your host, Aleksandro.

1:13.0

Jemmy Hunt's statement has come and gone, hailed as the dawn of a new faturate age by most of those you would expect,

1:20.8

and condemned as a cynical stage illusion by most of the rest.

1:25.0

But in truth, what tends to capture the headlines on the day is what the Chancellor chooses

1:30.0

to highlight.

1:31.0

Behind that speech, there are a plethora of measures many hidden in a small print,

1:36.4

so we thought it would be useful to reflect on it a few days on. This is where my guest today comes in.

1:41.9

He's a professor of economics at the University of the West of England in Bristol,

1:46.0

chair of the Post Keynesian Economic Society and a member of the Progressive Economy Forum Council.

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