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The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

The New Statesman

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4.4 β€’ 1.4K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the new measures announced by Rishi Sunak – and whether his star is falling – and the response from Andy Burnham that has seen him dubbed 'King in the North'. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your question on how seriously we should take a politician's voting record.


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0:00.0

May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get

0:08.0

10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.

0:16.5

Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.

0:31.0

There are around 48,000 new cases of lung cancer every year in the UK, but it doesn't affect everyone equally. Incident rates are far higher in deprived areas and there's too often a post-code lottery

0:36.1

when it comes to that all-important early diagnosis.

0:40.0

The New Statesman Podcast is sponsored by MSD, a research intensive global bio pharmaceutical company

0:46.2

active in several key areas of global health, including immunization and oncology.

0:51.8

They've recorded a special sponsored episode with the New Statesman

0:54.9

podcast in which thought leaders explore how the UK can and must tackle health

0:59.8

inequalities to deliver early diagnosis and treatment.

1:04.0

Listen to the episode now.

1:05.6

Look for lung cancer inequalities in the New Statesman podcast feed. And on this episode of the New Statesman podcast we discuss Rishi Sunak's

1:26.5

changes to financial support for businesses and you ask us what does the

1:31.4

government's vote against free school meals really tell us?

1:35.0

So we're fresh from watching Rishi Sunak announce changes to the job support scheme which is the scheme

1:44.0

that replaces the furlough in November. Stephen you've been watching it closely

1:48.1

what are the changes? So the big changes are firstly a huge reduction in the amount that you have to put in as an

1:54.9

employer to the new scheme so there's an in addition to the less generous

1:59.5

furlough than is available if you are a closed business and in addition to the

2:04.9

operational grants that you get if you are in tier 3 those operational grants have

2:09.4

been extended into tier 2 but also the kind of new Furlow 2.0, which is nominally Furlow 1.

2:19.0

The original Furlow 2.0, which was this thing where the government pays a third, you work a third and the

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