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The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 23 | 25th March 2024

Labours shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Mis Lecture this week. Did she lay out a progressive programme of economic reform, or has her pragmatism taken her to a place where she is simply promising to be Continuity Jeremy Hunt? 

Labours shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Mis Lecture this week. Did she lay out a progressive programme of economic reform, or has her pragmatism taken her to a place where she is simply promising to be Continuity Jeremy Hunt? 

MPs salaries increased to £91K per year – is that too much, not enough, or just about right?

And mixed news for Rishi Sunak in the polls this week – one had the Tories on just 18% of the vote – but others showed that,  if the Conservatives decided to ditch the prime minister, the government would be even more unpopular. Have Tory MPs decided ‘better the devil you know?’

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