Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days
Political Fix
Financial Times
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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After a week that’s seen mass strikes and a growing number of bullying allegations against his deputy Dominic Raab, we discuss how Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fared during his first 100 days in office. Plus, we delve into the government’s approach to net zero and the pressure Sunak is under to ditch the ‘green crap’.
Presented by George Parker, with deputy political editor Jim Pickard, deputy opinion editor Miranda Green and columnists Robert Shrimsley and Stephen Bush. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Manuela Saragosa. The sound engineer was Breen Turner
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| 1:04.4 | Rishi Sunak marked his 100 days in office this week, |
| 1:07.5 | an event beloved of political journalists, and there was a video from 10 Downing Street to market. |
| 1:25.8 | The Prime Minister likes setting and marking his own homework, but the reality has been a little more complicated. |
| 1:43.0 | Strikes, ministerial resignations and sleaze are among the issues that have cropped up in his |
| 1:48.2 | first 100 days that didn't feature on Sunak's list of tests that he's setting himself. |
| 1:54.0 | The IMF predicts that Britain's economy will shrink by more than half a percent this year, |
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