Steph McGovern

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The Rest Is Money · 310. Gordon Brown: ‘I’d tell Trump he’s unpopular’ · 2 Sep 2026 podcast

The other thing I wanted to ask you about is because it's something we've discussed on the podcast before, is whether we should have bonds allocated to certain things locally. matched

So for example, we had social impact bonds in Peterborough, didn't we, which were uh which matched

Was a trial to try and help reduce re-offending rates. matched

So, you know, you could essentially loan money, get this a guaranteed return on it, and then it could be used in the area in the prison system to try and reduce reoffending. matched

We've talked before about war bonds and whether we need them to help defense spending. matched

Could you see a time, uh a system where we could have social impact bonds where not just corporate investors? matched

But you know, real people could put their instead of putting the money in a cash ISA, could put it in something like social impact bonds. matched

Could you see that making a difference? matched

Gordon, we're gonna go to a quick break now, so uh sit tight and we'll be back with you in a couple of minutes. matched

J just on the point of employment then and how the um Bank of England would would contribute to m to its success. matched

You know, the levers is, you know, it's either quantitative easing or interest rate changes. matched

If you look at the situation now, in order to increase employment, you would cut rates, wouldn't you, to increase demand, to encourage more jobs and more business. matched

But that would be against inflation. matched

So potentially push inflation up. matched

So I matched

These things are currently going against each other. matched

On top of that, you've obviously got government policy that's made it much more expensive to employ people now. matched

So we've seen double digit increase, particularly in employing young people now. matched

Uh on top of that, you've got the national insur insurance contribution rises. matched

All of these other things mean that would be very difficult for the Bank of England to be able to have any input in employment if the cost of employment has gone up so much. matched

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