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Rachel Reeves' Halloween budget: trick or treat?
Stewart Wood, a former adviser to Gordon Brown at the Treasury and No.10, joins the podcast team to make sense of the chancellor’s statement.
Rachel Reeves’ first budget is a clear break from the recent past
What did we learn about Labour’s strategy from its first fiscal event?
Youth work and prevention
Briefing: the benefits of youth work
Beyond Brexit: How can UK–EU relations be reset?
Brexit expert Jill Rutter dials in from Madrid to join Anand and Paul for an expert tour across the UK’s post-Brexit landscape.
Can Labour’s housing ambitions survive contact with reality? Lessons from party conferences
The government is showing appropriate ambition and leadership on housing, but faces huge challenges if it is to deliver.
DfID’s rise and fall provides lessons for government departments
The Department for International Development lost political backing despite its successes.
The chancellor must reform spending reviews to ensure mission success
A new NAO report is right to call out the flaws in the spending framework.
The next cabinet secretary
What lies ahead for the UK's new top civil servant.
Six things to look out for in the autumn budget 2024
What will Rachel Reeves' budget tell us about the government’s priorities?
Donald Trump and the politics of interfere
Foreign policy expert Sophia Gaston joins the podcast team to make sense of an unexpected twist in the US presidential election.