Is Government About to Cut Welfare Spending?
And Rishi Sunak returns鈥�
Today, we discuss the Chancellor Rachel Reeves looking at making spending cuts worth billions to the government鈥檚 welfare budget.
The Treasury will put the proposed cuts to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on Wednesday amid expectations the chancellor's financial headroom has disappeared. Adam is joined by economics editor Faisal Islam to unpack what we know about the proposed cuts, and the chancellor鈥檚 Spring Statement later this month.
And, former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has spoken to the Nick Robinson in his first wide-ranging interview since leaving Downing Street. Nick and Adam unpack what Rishi had to say, including why he regrets the 鈥楽top the Boats鈥� slogan, how he felt about a podcast questioning his Englishness and what his political philosophy boils down to.
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