Alex Forsyth

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2,054 appearances 20 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

Alex Forsyth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Newscast · Andy Burnham (Almost) Wins · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

Completely different. voice-verified

And I think that's really deliberate because of what we talked about, which is the political difficulties that the government ran into with its approach the first time around when they were talking about attempts to reform this element of the welfare system. voice-verified

They are very deliberately taking a completely different approach and tone. voice-verified

And part of that is the fact that Stephen Timms has been working alongside, it's called co-production is the term the government uses. voice-verified

But this is not a review just by Stephen Timms, the disability minister. voice-verified

This is a review by a whole steering group of different people, some of whom who have real life experience. voice-verified

And they've come up with this together. voice-verified

And I think it's been a deliberately very cautious approach to the way that they approach this this time round. voice-verified

But having said that, Stephen Timms was pretty clear that in his view, the whole system was not fit for purpose. voice-verified

And the way that this is currently assessed is going to have to be totally reworked and reassessed. voice-verified

And so while this is an interim report and we don't know yet what they're proposing in terms of changes to the system, what he's signalling pretty clearly is voice-verified

Is it the moment it's not working and there's going to have to be some really fundamental reform and that could prove difficult? voice-verified

Yeah, I mean, I actually thought I listened to... So he did an interview on the Today programme. voice-verified

He also did an interview with our colleague Ian Watson. voice-verified

And I listened to it all. voice-verified

And actually, I think he was quite careful not to hint too much about exactly what he's going to do. voice-verified

I think he was quite cautious in what he was saying and just kept pointing to the autumn, which is when they're going to come up with their reforms. voice-verified

But as Ben said, there are sort of suggestions floating around about what might be looked at. voice-verified

And what he did keep saying was about how the current system doesn't pick up the nuances... voice-verified

of what people need. voice-verified

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