{"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-e0024facd926/6865552ed9fe141218a8824b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"JUST RAISE TAX","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1751470729266-e8ac6405-63e7-4c33-9600-a2ae7b1fc23e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>'You walk around the country and you know something's off'</p><p><br></p><p>-</p><p><br></p><p>After a bruising passage of the government's heavily altered welfare reform bill, for the sake of just a few billion pounds, many are left wondering where does the government and the country go now?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Anoosh Chakelian is joined by colleagues Tom McTague, Will Dunn and Megan Kenyon to discuss the urgent yet seemingly intractable systemic changes now needed to the State and tax system.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>READ</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2025/07/just-raise-tax\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Just raise tax</a> - Will Dunn</p><p><br></p><p>LISTEN</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://podfollow.com/new-statesman/episode/945017f6b5ef23f155f8eaf5f5426fa0ecf7c7a2/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Welfare warfare just the start of Starmer's problems</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sign up to the New Statesman's daily politics newsletter: <a href=\"https://morningcall.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Call</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}