CanaryPod 24 November 2017 – Budget special

It’s Steve Topple in the chair this week for a budget special. He discusses the impact of the Budget on the most vulnerable, as well as the jokes cracked by Conservative front benchers throughout the speech. Guests are Canary writer, Tim Woods, and weekend editors, Emily Apple and Tracy Keeling.

To find out more about the stories discussed this week:

The Chancellor had a good laugh, then casually announced the UK’s worst economic outlook since 1983 [TWEETS]

Labour MP Laura Pidcock rips into Philip Hammond’s ‘pantomime​’ budget

Philip Hammond hoped no one would notice what he did right before the budget. Bad luck. [IMAGES]

Episode Credits:

Presented by Steve Topple (@MrTopple) speaking with Tim Woods (@TimothyJWoods7) Emily Apple (@emilyapple), and Tracy Keeling (@topsy_tee).

Produced and edited by Nancy Mendoza (@NancyWMendoza) and Mia Barnes (@migseytwit)

Our theme music by Grapes, licensed under Creative Commons

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