{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/478fd892-5a47-4c5c-882c-4e43072cc7de/623c8ae8152bff00127b4df1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Spring in his step?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ee152d7b57990bc2e77da5/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>It's a very topical podcast this week as we run the rule over Rishi Sunak's much-anticipated Spring Statement. </p><p><br></p><p>With war in Ukraine and a Covid crisis in China, combined with already soaring inflation here in the UK, the Chancellor had a hugely unenviable task on Wednesday afternoon - so how did he do? Was the statement up to the mark of dealing with a generational cost of living crisis, and is Sunak really the Nigel Lawson tax-cutter he would have Tory MPs believe?</p><p><br></p><p>To chew over those question the CapX team welcomed James Heywood, the Head of Welfare and Opportunity at our parent organisation, the Centre for Policy Studies.</p>","author_name":"CapX"}