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The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.57 | 4th November 2024

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Downtown in Business was in Westminster last week as Rachel Reeves delivered the new governments first budget and announced a whopping £40bn in extra taxes.

We reflect on the fallout from Labours first fiscal event in fifteen years.

The interminable Tory leadership race finally reached its conclusion at the weekend, and Kemi Badenoch was crowned as the leader of the opposition. As the sixth Conservative Party leader in nine years – how long will she survive?

And we are 24-hours away from the most consequiential US Presidential election since – well, the last one.

Welcome to the latest Downtown Den Politics Podcast.

DIB’s Parliamentary Reception sponsors were:

Headline Sponsors: Liverpool BID Company and Muse.

Event sponsors: NugentSutcliffe, Catapult, Compliance ChainStarship, and Warwick.

Like discussed, here’s the link to the latest news update regarding the Royal Family’s Dispatches Programme:

https://twitter.com/C4Dispatches/status/1853045272370110622?s=08

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