Robert Peston

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5,884 appearances 45 recordings 5 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 2d ago

Robert Peston’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 45 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 9.

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The Rest Is Money · 308. The 4 challenges (and the biggest opportunity) facing the new PM · 26 Aug 2026 podcast

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In assessing whether the new Prime Minister matched

Can put the British state back on the path to recovery. matched

There was one person I wanted to talk it over with, perhaps more than any other. matched

He's Gus Lord O'Donnell, who held the most important jobs in Whitehall over decades and perhaps has the best sense of when a government is being steered to calmer waters and when it's heading for the iceberg. matched

Here's my conversation with Gus O'Donnell. matched

Gus, great to see you. matched

I really want to concentrate on three big themes today. matched

Um, one is what kind of reforms of the civil service we need to see for an artificial intelligence world. matched

Second, and this is another big issue I know you've been giving a lot of thought to, which is matched

On the assumption um that we do see significant displacement of jobs, maybe permanent, maybe temporary. matched

What again in this AI world does that mean for how we should look at changing the tax system, changing the welfare system? matched

But I just want to start actually with the debut of Andy Burner. matched

Uh you've seen a few debuts from inside Downing Street, uh, you know, as cabinet secretary, but also in other roles, just for the first few weeks, Marks out of ten? matched

When you say to good effect, um matched

There are some big decisions that have been forced on him. matched

Um and they stem from some big structural problems that he's inherited. matched

Uh one of them is a very low growth British matched

economy, a c economy that really hasn't grown at any significant rate since the financial crisis. matched

Uh coupled with that living standards also not risen in any significant way since then. matched

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