{"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-e0024facd926/6adf6deb205c41f21ff42312?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Show we scrap the Budget?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1793027607747-27037bd9-02ea-4391-916e-45b26c1d0bec.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We are in the middle of the usual annual tradition of pre-Budget speculation. Westminster tries to guess what the Chancellor will announce, while the Treasury attempts to make clever briefings to roll the pitch for its plans.</p><p><br></p><p>But is there a fundamental problem with the whole ritual?</p><p><br></p><p>Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Will Dunn to discuss.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}