Hannah Peaker

Today we'll be reacting to Chancellor John Healey's first awesome budget, delivered this afternoon in his speech to Parliament.

To help break it all down, I'm thrilled to be joined in person by Chris Hayes, Chief Economist of the Progressive Policy Think Tank Commonwealth, and Hannah Peaker, Deputy Chief Executive at the New Economics Foundation and occasional host of their New Economics podcast, which I had the pleasure of hosting myself many moons ago.

Chris, Hannah, thank you both so much for being here.

What do we make of John Healey's very first budget as Chancellor?

There's a stack of things there, but the broader threats to the labour market and what might happen there, again, doesn't come up in this budget.

There's just a remarkably slender document that we've now, I think, talked to pretty much a standstill in that one.

So, Hannah Peaker, Chris Hayes, thank you very much for coming in.

Thanks, James.

I mean, we're not going to be in that situation, but clearly it is sensible to have precautions.

Also with us, Hannah Peaker, Deputy Chief Executive of the think tank, the New Economics Foundation, whose stated aim is to create a new economy that works for people and within environmental limits and to shift power to people and communities.

Has this advice changed your shopping habits in the last few days, Hannah? I know you've been out picking pumpkins.

I have...

Thank you very much, George.

That's all we have time for.

Thank you to all of my guests, George Parker, Catherine West, Sir John Whittingdale and Hannah Peaker.

And thank you for listening.

And Burnham won't be able to do this unless his chancellor does what his predecessors have not, solve the cost of living crisis.

So, with US strikes on Iran driving up prices, what powers does the Chancellor have to ease the pressure people are under? How can this government succeed where others have failed? And what will be the consequences if they don't? Welcome to this special episode of the New Economics Podcast, where we'll be asking, do we need an emergency cost of living budget? I'm Ayeisha Thomas-Smith, and I'm delighted to be back in conversation with Hannah Peaker, the one, the only Deputy Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation, to get into it.

Hi, Hannah.

Hey, Ayesha.

It's good to be back.

That is all we've got time for on this episode of the New Economics podcast.

A special episode with Hannah Peaker.

Thanks so much for being with me.

Just being able to afford the bus fare home.

Stepping up to the Occy with me in the studio, Hannah Peaker is Deputy Chief Executive of the left-leaning think tank, the New Economics Foundation.

Hello, Hannah.

Hello.

We're just finding out how happy or unhappy people are.

When John Healy steps up to the Yorkie and delivers his budget, we'll obviously hear it live on Five Live and we'll have loads of reaction afterwards.

Massive thanks to Helen Miller from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Daniel Herring from the Centre for Policy Studies and Hannah Peaker from the New Economics Foundation.

Thank you for playing Budget Bullseye.