Susan Hayes Culleton

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3,424 appearances 24 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 2d ago

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Taking Stock · Gen X working blues, Prediction Markets and Burnham's economic headaches · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

So what we do know already is that we're going to see VAT taken off, electricity bills, the cap on single bus fares is going to be lowered from £3 to £2, which one could argue is a measure, both of them, are a measure to help everybody, but particularly those who would be struggling to, let's say, take public transport to go to places or with bills. matched

We saw Liz Truss, who tried to put a lid on bills altogether, matched

And put a cap on them, I should say, and the market didn't respond to that well at all. matched

So we do know those types of things. matched

But when he has been pushed on things like income tax or reforming things to do with income tax, he says we must show fiscal discipline. matched

So do you believe him? matched

I think the challenge with that statement of Britain should not be in hock to the bond markets underlies a lack of understanding that Britain has borrowed from the bond markets and therefore has brought itself to that position. matched

And believe me, I'm well aware that I'm sitting here in a country that found itself in a very difficult position in relation to the bond markets. matched

16 years ago. matched

So I'm certainly not erasing over any history that we have here. matched

But can I go back to the point about being the Manchester mayor? matched

Because he was successful in that. matched

And certainly, I'm sure London would say that Boris Johnson was the same when he was London mayor. matched

But being prime minister and being a mayor of a city are two very different things. matched

There seems to be an approach he's taking, which is what has worked in Manchester, scale it up. matched

It can work right across the United Kingdom. matched

How do you think that could work, whether it comes to housing or transport or employment or health? matched

Well, if we go back and look at the things that he has implemented there, you referred to particularly cutting the VAT and electricity bills and so on like that. matched

Now, I also want to talk about two pieces of information that came to light this week. matched

One was that UK inflation was lower than expected, but also this week we saw the return of oil prices over $100 a barrel. matched

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