How will Rachel Reeves plug the UK's fiscal blackhole?

25/09/2025 27 min
How will Rachel Reeves plug the UK's fiscal blackhole?

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Episode Synopsis

 The UK Budget is about two months away. The Chancellor is once again facing the prospect of her fiscal rules being breached, and the likely need to tighten fiscal policy. Paul Diggle and Luke Bartholomew are joined by Lizzy Galbraith, senior political economist at Aberdeen, to discuss the Chancellor’s tough choices, potential tax increases, and the state of the UK economy more broadly.