{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/67b8a070c665638d475cc18e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Britain isn't working - with Alison McGovern, Minister of State for Employment","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1740152459716-06774281-9faa-48c7-a5f0-7d82cf3706e5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The number of working age people out of work in Britain 2010 was around 9 million. In 2025? Around 9 million. But why is worklessness in Britain now deemed a crisis, and what can the government do to fix this?</p><p><br></p><p>Will Dunn, the New Statesman's business editor, is joined by Alison McGovern, Minister of State for Employment.</p><p><br></p><p>Sign up to the New Statesman's daily politics newsletter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://morningcall.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Call</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Submit a question for a future episode:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">You Ask Us</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}