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Is the welfare state about to expand?
Manage episode 485257402 series 1426749
James Heale and Michael Simmons join Patrick Gibbons to discuss the speculation that Labour could scrap the two-child benefit cap. Is this just red meat for the left of the party or is it a sign that public opinion around welfare has shifted? And, with mixed messages on the economy, can the country afford to scrap it?
This comes just a week after Labour’s partial U-turn over the winter fuel allowance so, with pressure also increasing from Reform, is the welfare state about to expand?
Produced by Patrick Gibbons.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2940 episodes
Manage episode 485257402 series 1426749
James Heale and Michael Simmons join Patrick Gibbons to discuss the speculation that Labour could scrap the two-child benefit cap. Is this just red meat for the left of the party or is it a sign that public opinion around welfare has shifted? And, with mixed messages on the economy, can the country afford to scrap it?
This comes just a week after Labour’s partial U-turn over the winter fuel allowance so, with pressure also increasing from Reform, is the welfare state about to expand?
Produced by Patrick Gibbons.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2940 episodes
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