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Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

Budget special: How Sunak plans to spend now and take later

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

Government, Politics, News

4.2177 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Listen to our Budget special for all you need to know about Chancellor Rishi Sunak's plan for the economy in 2021 and beyond.

Expert insight from Politics Editor Robert Peston, plus correspondents Shehab Khan and Daniel Hewitt.

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Transcript

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0:46.2

It's been dubbed the Spend Now Tax Later budget. Rishi Sunak will continue to splash the cash for much of

0:52.5

this year before slashing the cash in the

0:54.9

years to come. Alcohol duty may have been frozen, but we can all prepare for an economic hangover

0:59.9

once this pandemic has finally passed. It's hard to believe this was only Rishi Sunak's second

1:04.5

budget. And in this episode, we'll talk you through the headlines, bring you reaction and

1:08.8

analysis to it with me, Daniel Hewitt, my colleague

1:11.6

Shehab Khan, and of course our political editor, Robert Peston, who revealed on last week's

1:16.9

episode a number of announcements, Mr. Sunak made yesterday in the House of Commons. Let's get cracking

1:22.9

then, shall we? Load and loads to discuss. Look, warning right at the top of the podcast,

1:29.6

we're not going to discuss every single bit of the budget because that would be mad, and it would take us ages,

1:32.1

and it'd be probably quite boring.

1:34.0

But we're going to talk through the headlines

1:35.2

and what it all means.

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