Will the economy save Sunak?
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 22 March 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The prime minister is urging his MPs to unite or face electoral defeat. Rishi Sunak has rallied backbenchers to hold their nerve, as he cleaves to the prospect of an improving economy rescuing the Tory party’s fortunes. But in a week where the government’s flagship Rwanda policy faced more hold-ups, will rumours of plots against Sunak die down? The FT’s Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher is joined by FT colleagues Miranda Green, Jim Pickard and Anna Gross to discuss the week’s events in parliament. Plus, a look at what Labour is promising to deliver for the NHS.
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| 0:35.0 | Welcome to Political Fix, your essential insider guide to Westminster from the Financial Times with me Lucy Fisher. |
| 0:47.0 | Coming up, in a week where the economy seems to have turned a corner, will the Tory plotting die down? |
| 0:53.0 | Plus, Labors Rachel Reeves sets out her stall. |
| 0:56.0 | With me here in the FT studio, our political fix regulars Miranda Green, |
| 1:00.0 | Hi Miranda. |
| 1:01.0 | Hello Lucy. |
| 1:02.0 | And Jim Picard, hi Jim. Hello Lucy. And Jim Pickard, hi Jim. |
| 1:03.4 | Hello. |
| 1:04.4 | And we're also joined by the F.T. |
| 1:05.4 | 's Anna Gros. |
| 1:06.4 | Hi Anna. |
| 1:07.4 | Hi, Lisa. |
| 1:08.4 | Anna's been interviewing Labour's Shadow Health Secretary West Streeting this week. |
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