Rachel and the blackhole

Planet Normal

Theodora Louloudis

Society & Culture, News, Telegraph, Planet Normal, Current Affairs, News And Current Affairs

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The countdown to Labour's first Budget is on, but what do your co-pilots make of the new Chancellor's plans? Brace yourselves it's another news Tsunami…

Liam isn’t convinced Labour’s plan for growth will strengthen up the public finances and believes a more prudent approach to spending is needed.

Allison agrees and is concerned if they increase National Insurance on employers it will lead to less investment and fewer jobs.

Joining your co-pilots for this week’s voyage is former Downing Street advisor and journalist Andy Coulson. The former News of the World Editor shares his thoughts on the first 100 days of the Labour government and reflects on his time at Belmarsh prison where he first formed the idea for his podcast ‘Crisis, What Crisis?’.

And your co-pilots weigh in on Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s endorsement of weight loss drugs…

Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ |

Read Allison: ‘I’m buying a generator. Who would want to invest in blackout Britain?’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/16/buying-a-generator-in-blackout-britain-ed-miliband/ |

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0:00.0	You might want to step back from your speaker or remove your headphones.
0:04.0	Yes! I can't, I just can't believe it.
0:08.0	Mark's found out his 11.4 million pounds on Lotto.
0:12.0	This is just, I don't, you know what, I've got tears in my eyes.
0:20.0	Yep, that's 11.4 million.
0:23.0	Lotto, will you be the next millionaire?
0:26.0	The National Lottery.
0:27.0	Rules and procedures apply, players must be 18 or over. Five.
0:35.0	We can only marvel at the cynicism of Labour's election manifesto, can't we?
0:41.0	We are going to see a pretty punitive budget on the 30th of
0:45.8	October and you can already see it I think in terms of hiring is really really
0:51.3	slowed down in the last couple of months.
0:54.6	The new leader, whichever of the two it is, has got a hell of a job on their hands because they've got to fight a war on three fronts.
1:00.7	They've got to be an effective opposition. They've got to take on and
1:03.9	understand the danger of the Lib Dems, which is real.
1:07.2	Two...
1:08.2	Rachel in the black hole, eh?
1:11.2	One. We have the star. Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the
1:19.4	Telegraph podcast with Alice in Pearson. Hello?
1:22.2	And me Liam Halligan.
1:24.0	It's another news tsunami, Allison.
1:26.8	Labor's first budget shaping up to be pretty tough to say the least,
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