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Rishi and the foreign aid rebels

Rishi and the foreign aid rebels

FromThe New Statesman Podcast


Rishi and the foreign aid rebels

FromThe New Statesman Podcast

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jun 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ahead of the Speaker's decision on holding a vote over the planned cuts to the UK foreign aid budget, Anoosh, Stephen and Ailbhe discuss the coalition of Conservative rebels who could make life difficult for the Treasury.Then, in You Ask Us, they take your questions on the Prime Minister's religion: does it matter that Boris Johnson is a Catholic?If you'd like to submit a question to You Ask Us, please email podcasts@newstatesman.co.ukSubscribing to the New Statesman helps us to keep making these podcasts. Get 12 weeks for just £12. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Jun 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Twice a week the New Statesman politics team - Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea - discuss the latest in UK politics. From Boris Johnson's latest battle with backbenchers to the machinery behind the Labour Party's opposition attack lines, this is the debrief you need to understand what's really happening in Westminster and beyond.New episodes Tuesday and Friday. Send your questions at youaskus.co.uk.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.