Will The Winter Fuel U-Turn Work?
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
It's the government's biggest u-turn so far - but will Rachel Reeves' new winter fuel payments policy succeed?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Manveen Rana and Matthew Parris.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkin, and now we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day. |
| 0:09.9 | We're going to be asking why the government has suddenly started spending money, |
| 0:12.5 | whether Donald Trump has changed his mind about Vladimir Putin, |
| 0:15.3 | and why anyone would want to marry a politician. |
| 0:17.8 | And joining me are two people who are way out the league of any politician, |
| 0:20.6 | and they are Matthew Paris. Hello, Matthew. Hello. Good to have you. And as you'll be able two people who are way out the league of any politician. And they are Matthew Paris. |
| 0:21.7 | Hello, Matthew. |
| 0:22.2 | Hello. |
| 0:22.7 | Good to have you. |
| 0:23.2 | And as you'll be able to tell from the way I sound a bit like I'm still looking food out of my teeth, |
| 0:27.1 | Manvine Rana. |
| 0:27.9 | Hello, Manvine. |
| 0:28.5 | Hello. |
| 0:29.2 | How are you? |
| 0:29.9 | Fine. |
| 0:30.3 | I love that being the sign. I'm looking forward. |
| 0:38.3 | We will talk about it later about why anyone would marry a politician. |
| 0:41.0 | Matthew, I suppose your partner, in a sense, did marry a politician? |
| 0:44.5 | Yes, I wasn't an MP by the time we got our civil partnership. |
| 0:51.8 | But I don't think he's ever let him, it's never troubled him at all. |
| 0:55.9 | I don't think stopping being an MP makes any difference. |
| 0:58.6 | It's like a disease. |
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