Listen "Spring Statement Special"
Episode Synopsis
As Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveils her first ‘Spring Statement’ your co-pilots are joined on the rocket by not one but TWO very special incumbents. Calculators and spreadsheets at the ready…Co-pilot Pearson is less than impressed with what she calls the ‘nothing to do with me guv', Budget.Stowaway economist Roger Bootle was both ‘depressed’ and 'amazed’ by the Statement but reveals an overwhelming feeling that the Labour Party aren’t actually doing anything all that bad…And after watching the Budget co-pilot Halligan is concerned the Labour front bench is lacking in business and economic knowledge. Also on the podcast, Mike Calvey straps in for a very special interview to discuss his new book ‘Odyssey Moscow’ which details his harrowing ordeal as a prisoner of the Russian State.And co-pilot Pearson has won an award… from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ | from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/ | from Roger: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/r/rk-ro/roger-bootle/ |Read Allison: ‘If Rachel Reeves were Conservative she’d have been turfed out long ago’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/25/if-reeves-were-conservative-shed-have-been-turfed-out/ |Buy Mike’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Odyssey-Moscow-Westerners-Encounter-Russian/dp/1803997303 |Need help subscribing or reviewing? Learn more about podcasts here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/podcast-can-find-best-ones-listen/ |Email: [email protected] |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/normal | Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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