The 2018 Budget Special
The New Statesman | UK politics and culture
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4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Helen and Stephen are joined by Sir Howard Davies, chairman of RBS and former deputy governor of the Bank of England, to dissect this year's budget. What has Philip Hammond kept up his sleeve for Brexit? Is austerity really 'coming to an end'? And what's the deal with the tax cut for higher earners? All these questions, and many others, answered.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. |
| 0:20.0 | Check the Uber app. 2023 has been the deadliest year for natural disasters since 2010, with over 75,000 deaths, predominantly from earthquakes and floods. |
| 0:33.0 | That's according to the 2023 Q3 Global Catastrophe Recap report |
| 0:38.0 | from Global Professional Services firm Aeon, which is sponsoring the New Statesman Podcast. |
| 0:43.6 | These disasters also have a huge economic impact. |
| 0:46.7 | While global insured losses from natural disaster events had reached 88 billion by the close |
| 0:52.1 | of the third quarter, economic losses totaled 295 billion, |
| 0:57.3 | highlighting a considerable protection gap. Aeon provides advice and solutions to businesses in over 120 countries to help them navigate |
| 1:06.4 | volatility, enhance resilience and make better decisions. |
| 1:10.6 | You can access its research and reporting at AON.com. |
| 1:14.0 | Search AON Global Catastrophe Recap to get started. Hello and we're we're going to |
| 1:27.0 | Hello and welcome to a special emergency budget |
| 1:31.0 | podcast. |
| 1:32.0 | Philip Hammond has just sat down and we are joined by Sir Howard Davis, Chairman of |
| 1:35.3 | RBS. |
| 1:36.3 | Hello, welcome. |
| 1:37.3 | Good afternoon. |
| 1:38.3 | After what I can only describe as an absolute thrill ride. |
| 1:41.7 | It was the longest budget I think since certainly of this decade probably |
| 1:45.2 | of a long long time it was over an hour. I was sort of felt long I didn't realize |
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