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In our first ever live episode, we're going to look at how Rachel Reeves can make her first Budget a success.
It will have been 117 days since Labour took power before we finally hear what is in the Budget - in that time we’ve heard about £22bn 'black holes' and the difficult economic situation the UK faces. We’re going to think a bit about some of the challenges facing the Chancellor, what she can learn from previous Budgets and how she can navigate these complexities.
Paul is joined by colleague Helen Miller, Deputy Director at IFS, Lord Stewart Wood, a Labour peer and former member under Tony Blair’s government of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Council of Economic Advisers, and Stephen Bush, associate editor and columnist at the Financial Times.
Host
Paul Johnson
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.
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Helen Miller
Helen is Deputy Director of the IFS and Head of the Tax sector.
Stephen Bush
Stephen Bush is an associate editor and columnist at the Financial Times. He writes a daily newsletter, Inside Politics, charting the course of politics and policy in the United Kingdom, and a wide-ranging weekly column.
Stewart Wood
Stewart Wood is a Labour life peer in the House of Lords. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford and a Senior Adviser to policy, economics and public affairs firm Bradshaw Advisory.
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