147. What’s Wrong With Labour’s Welfare Reforms?


Episode Artwork
1.0x
0% played 00:00 00:00
Mar 16 2025 39 mins   882

Robert is back with Andy Haldane, looking ahead to the Spring Statement, and discussing proposed welfare reform. But are these changes really about helping people back into work, or brutal cost saving measures? Will they come with a sufficient skills package? And how can the government best help to lift people out of precarious, low-skilled jobs to give them, and the economy, the best chance of thriving?


Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance.


Email: [email protected]

X: @TheRestIsMoney

Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney

TikTok: @RestIsMoney


goalhangerpodcasts.com


Assistant Producers: India Dunkley and Alice Horrell

Producer: Ross Buchanan

Head of Content: Tom Whiter

Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices