Henry Zeffman

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1,893 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 13 Sep

Henry Zeffman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Newscast · What’s Piling Up On Andy Burnham’s Desk? · 13 Aug 2026 podcast

He sort of tried to matched

quibble with what exactly he meant by that, but all of that means that he has been extra sensitive in his first few weeks to prove that he can talk about the economy as Prime Minister without traders deciding they don't have confidence in the UK and making the UK's financial situation even worse. matched

So that would be a big problem. matched

Yeah, and I think it was a worst case scenario given to him by the Treasury, but matched

I think given the global experience of the last few years, plausible worst case scenarios can actually happen. matched

They are even worse. matched

We didn't have the imagination to to project a worse outcome. matched

But he's only been so careful. matched

I mean, there are quite a lot of things that he has suggested he would like to do matched

business rates, on tax, on plenty of other things besides areas he would like to spend more money, areas defence. matched

I mean, we can't talk enough about the fact that his Chancellor is a man who matched

hammered the final nail in Keir Starmer's coffin by resigning in protest at him not committing to spending three percent of national income on defence by twenty thirty. matched

That's in four years' time and it's a significant increase on the amount that the government is currently planning to spend. matched

It does look quite hard. matched

To see how you square those various circles. matched

I don't know if that makes sense as an analogy, but you know what I mean? matched

How you satisfy all of those conditions in one budget. matched

And there's this big back and forth between these forecasters at the Office for Budget Responsibility who are independent and the Treasury in the process of matched

Of John Healy drawing up his budget, where John Healy will say to them in confidence, or his officials will say, if we put up this tax by two percent, how much money would you tell us that will raise? matched

And then the forecasters will come back and say it would raise twenty billion pounds or whatever it is, and they'll go, Hmm, oh, okay, we were hoping for thirty. matched

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