{"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/671fa901e8ec1601a99d7d40?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Budget 2024: Starmer warns of ‘harsh fiscal reality’","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1730128090990-b7af28d8-6f3a-4359-a084-9e05beb4160d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has given a<a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/budget-2024-keir-starmer-tax-rises-rachel-reeves-chancellor-b1190535.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> speech to prepare the ground for the Budget, saying Britain \"must embrace the harsh light of fiscal reality\".</a></p><p><br></p><p>Elsewhere in the Labour party, Mike Amesbury MP has been suspended after<a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/mp-mike-amesbury-runcorn-punch-video-man-police-labour-suspended-b1190464.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> CCTV appears to show him repeatedly punching a man</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Our Political Editor, Nicholas Cecil, shared his insight.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In part two, we have a special preview of The Standard’s series on London’s hidden gems. In this episode we get an exclusive peek inside the <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/going-out/attractions/tfl-lost-property-office-london-hidden-gem-b1190214.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Transport for London’s lost property office</a>, and the weird and wonderful things commuters have left behind.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}