Welcome to FTE Politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne.

In this week's episode, we'll be diving into Rishi Sunak's first budget, which may have all

been about coronavirus but broke with decades of conservative economics.

We'll be looking at those huge rises in public spending which pledges on tax and spend

and whether the UK economy is really ready for the turbulence ahead.

Plus we'll be looking at the latest on coronavirus in Britain, the move from the

contained delay phase, how much the disruption is likely to come in the future, and how behavioral

economics is driving Boris Johnson's approach.

I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor George Parker, economics editor Chris

Giles, Global Pharmaceuticals editor Sarah Neville, and Political Correspondent Laura

Hughes.

Thank you all for joining.

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every Saturday morning. Corona virus is obviously disrupting all of our lives and the

FT is sadly no exception. Our budget special on Wednesday was sadly cancelled due to the virus.

We will do our best to continue delivering podcasts even if they're recorded remotely

and we hope you can stick with us if the quality might not be up to our usual standards.

The first budget of Boris Johnson's government was always going to be a big moment to try and

define what Johnsonism is and whether the party could deliver on the promises

made to all those new Tory voters in the north and Midlands of England.

It was also going to be a big moment for Rishi Sunak, who was only made Chancellor a couple of weeks ago and had not much time to pull together this budget, differentiated from his predecessor, Sajid Javid, all while dealing with the unknown effects of coronavirus.

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