{"id":86528,"date":"2024-03-25T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downtowninbusiness.com\/?p=86528"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:25:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:25:27","slug":"the-downtown-den-politics-podcast-ep-23-25th-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downtowninbusiness.com\/news\/podcast-archive\/2024\/03\/25\/the-downtown-den-politics-podcast-ep-23-25th-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 23 | 25th March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Labours shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Mis Lecture this week. Did she lay out a progressive programme of economic reform, or has her pragmatism taken her to a place where she is simply promising to be Continuity Jeremy Hunt? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPs salaries increased to \u00a391K per year \u2013 is that too much, not enough, or just about right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And mixed news for Rishi Sunak in the polls this week \u2013 one had the Tories on just 18% of the vote \u2013 but others showed that, \u00a0if the Conservatives decided to ditch the prime minister, the government would be even more unpopular. Have Tory MPs decided \u2018better the devil you know?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n