Weekly Episode 02/08/2024

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This week on the show we’re going to be covering the Social Covenant of the UK, the £20billion black hole found by the treasury along with the removal of winter fuel payments, then to finish out we will be chatting about how the Tories apparently only behave when threatened with football references.

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Links for things discussed in the show:
Who are the OBR: https://obr.uk/about-the-obr/who-we-are/

What does the OBR do: https://obr.uk/about-the-obr/what-we-do/

Letter sent by the OBR to the Treasury Committee: https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/Letter-from-Richard-Hughes-to-the-Treasury-Select-Committee-on-the-OBR-review-of-the-March-2024-forecast-for-departmental-expenditure-limits.pdf

Martin Lewis’s Public Statement to Rachel Reeves: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pTSk4iwrTbnWR5U6/