The Telegraph | Is Labour dragging us back to the 1970s? | The Daily T Podcast @telegraph | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 days ago.
Labour’s long-awaited new deal for workers has finally been unveiled, and in true Starmer style it seems to be a deal that pleases nobody, with businesses in despair and unions saying it doesn’t go far enough.
But with a new report from The Institute for Fiscal Studies claiming that £25bn of new taxes will also be needed to keep public services going - does it all feel a bit 1970s again? Camilla and Kamal dodge the rubbish piling up on the street and the lights flickering on and off to ask who actually wants this new bill and why it’s still going to take another two years to implement.
#politics #world #government
Read all the latest headlines here: telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/10/is-labour-dragging-us-back-to-the-1970s
Labour’s long-awaited new deal for workers has finally been unveiled, and in true Starmer style it seems to be a deal that pleases nobody, with businesses in despair and unions saying it doesn’t go far enough.
But with a new report from The Institute for Fiscal Studies claiming that £25bn of new taxes will also be needed to keep public services going - does it all feel a bit 1970s again? Camilla and Kamal dodge the rubbish piling up on the street and the lights flickering on and off to ask who actually wants this new bill and why it’s still going to take another two years to implement.
#politics #world #government
Read all the latest headlines here: telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/10/is-labour-dragging-us-back-to-the-1970s
