{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69c2c5dafce4b829c58d1726/69c2c605fce4b829c58d28c3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why is the ‘cost of living’ almost impossible for the government to control?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69c2c5dafce4b829c58d1726/d65b98931a1fc84b9943e767a43cce96.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Energy prices soar and the British government watches on helplessly. If it were not energy costs, it might have been some other sector causing mayhem outside a single government’s control. Which is why prime ministers and chancellors are being too clunky when promising to address the cost of living, even if - understandably - it tops the list of voters’ concerns.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/wilson-blair-and-starmer-leading-labour-into-government/\">Get tickets here</a> for the York Book Festival with Steve Richards and Alan Johnson on Tuesday Mar 26th.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Rock &amp; Roll Politics is at the Cambridge Literary Festival on <a href=\"https://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/steve-richards-rock-n-roll-politics-2/\"><u>Saturday April 25th</u></a>.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>And you can get your tickets for Rock &amp; Roll Politics -The Election Special, at Kings Place on <a href=\"https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/steve-richards-presents-rock-n-roll-politics-9/\"><u>Monday May 11th here</u></a>.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/RockNRollPolitics\">Subscribe to Patreon</a> for live events, bonus podcasts and to get the regular podcast a day early and ad free. </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Written and presented by Steve Richards.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href=\"https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices\">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>","author_name":"Steve Richards"}