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

No, I completely agree with that. matched

But I would argue the hardest challenge that he will probably face is indeed in that area of matched

welfare reform. matched

So Jim O'Neal, who who thought very hard about going to work for Andy Burnham and you know, only recently decided not to, he comes on this podcast quite a lot. matched

And um the last time he was on, he said matched

The most important thing he would like to see from this government is serious intent in terms of two kinds of reform of the welfare system. matched

On the one hand, uh putting in place reforms that means the the bill for supporting working age people, particularly when it comes to disability, doesn't increase by the tension. matched

Of billions that is currently forecast to increase over the coming few years. matched

But that requires not only um matched

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a much more imaginative policy in terms of helping vulnerable people either to keep their jobs or get into work. matched

But it will also require some quite controversial decisions about who gets the money. matched

And then secondly, he takes the view, which I think pretty much every economist in the country uh agrees with, and almost no politician will say they agree with, which is the triple lock is past its time, and we have to reform the formula that says how much people get from their pension in retirement. matched

says both of those are absolutely c crucial. matched

Uh I think he's probably right. matched

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Can the reform remotely happen on the time kind of shortage time scale that would allow John Healy in his first budget to announce some, you know, fairly important bold investments without spooking markets? matched

That was such an important reform. matched

I would argue it's probably the last big serious economic domestic reform that this uh that this country has actually pushed through. matched

And it was a long time. matched

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