Robert Peston

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5,177 appearances 40 recordings 5 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 9 Sep

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The Rest Is Money · 312. What's missing from Healey's growth plan? · 9 Sep 2026 podcast

Well, the Chancellor John Healy obviously hopes that it will. matched

He was on his feet for well over an hour delivering his first big speech as Chancellor, in which he said his number one priority is reviving growth. matched

But was there anything that he said that can mend the government's ailing public finances? matched

As Trump's chaos in the world has matched

led to soaring interest rates in America. matched

The interest rate that the government has to pay in the UK has risen even more. matched

Has Healy got any kind of a credible plan at all? matched

Yes, I mean I should point out that when he was giving this uh speech, uh, which as you say was all about uh explaining what his growth strategy is, and it is his first big outing as chancellor. matched

Uh yes, he started by saying things are looking up on the basis of these studios, but he delivered both that optimistic story and indeed. matched

His plans uh with all the enthusiasm and joy of an undertaker. matched

So I'm not sure that he didn't slightly undermine his own his own case. matched

Sure. matched

He's got to do something about his demeanour. matched

But my my my bigger issue is not about the content of the speech. matched

It seemed to me that quite a lot of the policies uh that he said he would be uh promoting. matched

Uh, is stuff that we on this podcast, you and I, think is not a bad idea. matched

The issue for me is it was a bit like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic to use the cliche, in the sense that matched

If you are Chancellor right now, the thing that you should be matched

desperately worried about is what we talked about in our last podcast, which is uh the way that the price of government debt in America has been falling. matched

Uh the fact that that has therefore led to a very significant drop in the price of UK government debt, GILTS, UK government bonds, um matched

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