Slash Benefits To Fund Britain's War Chest?
Talk Breakfast
Ricky Freelove
4.3 • 763 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Ian Collins unpacks the latest statement made by Labour grandees Lord Robertson and Lord Hutton demanding welfare cuts for defence, accusing The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and The Chancellor of The Exchequer Rachel Reeves of dangerous dithering. Meanwhile, the IMF warned Iran’s energy shock will hit Britain hardest in the G7, squeezing growth, inflation and living standards. Across the pond President Donald Trump blasted The Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s North Sea drilling ban as “crazy”, intensifying pressure over Britain’s energy security and net zero.
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| 0:00.0 | The Home of Common Sense. This is Talk. |
| 0:05.4 | Charlie Rowley is with us. I nearly didn't announce that at the beginning because I thought, |
| 0:09.4 | well, he might not be with us because the last time I did this show, Charlie was due to come in, |
| 0:13.5 | never saw him again. I know. It was a double booking problem. I am here. I wish that were |
| 0:17.7 | true. I wish I was that popular. You were booked on C. Beebies or something. |
| 0:21.7 | I was, meant to be here, yes. |
| 0:24.5 | I should have been properly, but it's the only time in about almost four years of doing this. |
| 0:29.2 | Thanks. |
| 0:29.9 | When I failed, I failed to set an alarm. |
| 0:34.3 | I wasn't even doing anything. |
| 0:35.6 | And I sort of woke up at about, naturally, 20 to 7, |
| 0:38.6 | to a couple of miscores from Christian. Couple. About 50. And I, and I, and I was, I was guilt ridden for the rest of the day. But people thought it was a conspiracy because, Jeremy wasn't here. They thought it was some sort of sabotage or es- Yeah, Jeremy's not here so round. |
| 0:54.6 | Where have they gone? |
| 0:55.9 | They're on maneuvers. What are they up to? |
| 0:58.0 | It's... some sort of sabotage or... Yeah, that's right. Ah, Jeremy's not here, so Rowley's decided. |
| 0:54.7 | Where have they gone? They're on maneuvers. What are they up to? It's good to see you, Charlie. Just very briefly, I mean, that lottery thing, you can win a billion quid now on the lottery. A billion pounds. It's a lot of money, isn't it? It's, yeah. you know, with all the issues that are going on and all the causes that, you know, |
| 1:13.3 | I think we should be maybe spending money on, you know, the idea of winning a billion pounds. I mean, it might... We're going to need to keep playing the lottery now because everybody's skinned. Well, exactly, yes, yeah, more and more people who aren't in work. You were talking about earlier on, that might be on the welfare state, |
| 1:28.4 | relying on the welfare state, |
| 1:29.4 | they might think that their chances are high |
| 1:30.9 | to cash in even more. |
| 1:32.7 | Have you ever won? |
| 1:33.8 | Do you play it? |
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