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Rachel Reeves and the art of pitch rolling the budget

Former Treasury advisers Stewart Wood and Giles Winn reveal how chancellors prepare the ground for budget day.

Taxes set to rise? Spending set to be cut? Promises to be kept – or maybe broken? Whatever chancellors choose to reveal on budget day, it’s normally a good idea to let people know what they can expect…

So has Rachel Reeves done a good job of rolling the pitch? How did former chancellors go about warming up their party, voters, the media and business? And what can they do to make sure the right people are listening

Stewart Wood and Giles Winn, former advisers to Gordon Brown and Philip Hammond, join this special Inside Briefing episode to reveal how chancellors get ahead of the big day in parliament – and give their verdict on Rachel Reeves’ attempts to set the scene for the November 26 budget.

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Gemma Tetlow

Gemma Tetlow

Executive Director for Research and Innovation

Political party
Labour Conservative
Administration
Starmer government
Department
HM Treasury
Publisher
Institute for Government

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