{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/6376556f7c5bfb001024214d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement explained","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/5883ea1e-0ebe-4d27-9746-2bf0605b19e6.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Energy price cap extended beyond April, windfall tax hiked to 35%, more money for schools and the NHS. Following <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/autumn-statement-2022-jeremy-hunt-capital-gains-nhs-budget-education-tax-spending-energy-national-living-wage-pensions-b1040637.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement</a>, our <a href=\"https://twitter.com/DJBond6873\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Deputy Political Editor David Bond</a> deconstructs today’s medium-term budget announcement. Plus economist <a href=\"https://twitter.com/franboait\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fran Boait</a> from <a href=\"https://positivemoney.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Positive Money</a> gives her reaction to the fiscal plans. In this episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Jeremy Hunt’s tax rises explained</li><li>How will the public react to more tax rises?</li><li>Where has spending been cut?</li><li>The ‘grim’ mood at Westminster</li><li>Why the government should have focussed more on wages</li><li>People feeling the impacts of the economy ‘from all directions’</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/EveningStandard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Twitter</a> #TheLeaderPodcast</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}