Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 5 Live,31 Oct 2024,6 mins

Your Voice, Your BBC News: The Budget

Voice of the UK

Available for over a year

5 Live listeners chat to Nicky Campbell… Addressing the Commons as Britain's first female chancellor, Rachel Reeves pledged to make good on Labour’s promise to voters in July’s general election. This Budget, Reeves declared at the top of her speech, will "drive economic growth" and “invest, invest, invest”. What followed was a real “kitchen-sink” Budget, as our economics editor Faisal Islam put it - piled high with big spending plans and tax decisions.

Programme Website
More episodes