{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8e80ba05-2f15-4479-a6cc-b2f6635a1fe0/623e0b49fa0aa00013b2608e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Spring Statement: Sunak misfires","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621e2bca56506f35020e6cd5/1648431404612-b41e73038ff0a5449d931ca41741ad9e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Rishi Sunak delivered a&nbsp;mini-Budget&nbsp;this week that slashed&nbsp;taxes and attempted to tackle the cost of living crisis and deal with&nbsp;inflation. But the&nbsp;UK&nbsp;chancellor was widely&nbsp;criticised for failing to help the&nbsp;poorest and&nbsp;was told&nbsp;that his measures did not go far enough. We delve into the Spring&nbsp;Statement, including what it means for businesses, the&nbsp;wider economy and&nbsp;workers.&nbsp;</p><p>Presented&nbsp;by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Chris Giles&nbsp;and special guests Frances O'Grady and Tony Danker.</p><p>Produced by Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Persis Love and Jan Sigsworth.</p><p><br></p><p>-Read the latest on https://www.ft.com/world/uk</p><p>-Follow&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@Seb Payne</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>-Subscribe to https://www.ft.com/newsletters</p><p><br></p><p>Audio: LBC</p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}