Robert Peston

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The Rest Is Money · 311. Why is the US debt crisis a big problem for Burnham? · 6 Sep 2026 podcast

You know, you know for for the Labour Party, record numbers of elections. matched

George Osborne and David Cameron with austerity, lots about austerity damaged the UK. matched

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But th there was a message of taking tough decisions to fix a problem that people could see. matched

Now we haven't seen I don't think any leader since then do anything comparable in terms matched

uh proposing something that will divide the nation but that that but is sellable as a way of fixing things however painful, right? matched

And actually saying you're gonna reform the triple lock, if you tell if you tell the story of why you're doing it properly, that basically young working families have had too little over the last, you know, twenty odd years, and pensioners, whether it comes to wealth or income, have done much better. matched

I do think uh I do think you can tell that story to the nation and a large number of people will be with you ultimately, however painful they find it in the short term. matched

But I just wondered am I being naive? matched

You know, is such do you think if he did announce reform of the Chipalock that ultimately enough British people would back him for it to be something that would not be electoral suicide? matched

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for any Prime Minister and Chancellor right now is to take an action or or actions that lead to a structural reduction in the interest rate that the government pays, and actually ultimately it would be a structural reduction because these things are linked in the interest rates we all pay. matched

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And you know, the benefits both in freeing up resources for the matched

public sector and indeed just giving confidence for that to the whole country would be really very, very significant. matched

And the corollary of that he saw, which is when Rachel Reeves tried to force through welfare reforms and the party's backbenchers blocked it, Keir Starmer just looked weak. matched

And it's one of the reasons why creditors matched

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