Reform and Refine

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Scotland's only oil refinery is set to close, and the winter fuel payments row continues. Petroineos have confirmed Grangemouth will close next year, putting at threat hundreds of jobs at the UK's oldest refinery, with First Minister John Swinney saying he was "deeply disappointed" at the news. The First Minister also faces the prospect of a stand-off over the Scottish Government's next budget, after the Government were defeated in a Holyrood vote over free school meals. Labour also saw its first defeat in the Commons, but successfully won its vote on its plans to remove winter fuel payments from 10 million pensioners in England and Wales. Where does a week of belt-tightening and bleak warnings leave the two Governments? The Podlitical team discuss this and more.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.0	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast that brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster.
0:20.5	It's just after 2 o'clock on Thursday the 12th of September.
0:24.6	I'm Phil Sim, a journalist based at the Scottish Parliament, and today I'm joined by.
0:28.7	I'm David Porter. I'm BBC Scotland's Westminster correspondent,
0:32.0	where MPs have been back for just short of a fortnight.
0:37.2	Following their long summer break.
0:38.9	They're about to have another recess where they go to the party conferences.
0:43.6	But in that fortnight, plenty going on and plenty for us to discuss.
0:48.0	And I'm David Wallace Locker, a political correspondent based in Hollywood.
0:52.2	A comprehensive intro.
0:53.7	Thank you, David, Porter.
0:55.7	I don't know how I'm going to do this today because I've got two Davids.
0:59.0	Would either be willing to volunteer some kind of nickname or pseudonym that we could use for me to differentiate between you?
1:07.3	Now, there's a task, isn't it?
1:09.2	I suppose I'm going to have to be old David, aren't I?
1:12.4	Oh, that's rough. I'll take young David then. I'm quite happy with that nickname for this podcast.
1:18.1	But when I was at school, there was two Phillips in my class, and I was the one L, another one
1:22.7	had two L, so I was Phil one, which felt like the right place in the hierarchy for me to be, but it was just an accident of spelling.
1:29.6	Okay, we'll figure out a way around this without necessarily involving any kind of ageism.
1:34.7	I don't want today's podcast ending in any kind of tribunal.
1:38.0	So, anyway, we have lots to talk about with both Davids this week and indeed Phil 1.
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