Enraged or Engaged? Angela Rayner on The Gen Z Story
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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People feel like no matter how hard you work, no matter how much you try, the system is rigged against you and it's not working in your favour. So if you're working or you're going to university, you're trying to do everything right to get a good job, to raise a family one day hopefully, to get your own home, they feel it's almost impossible and they're correct to feel that way. We know our birth rate is falling.
It's hit the lowest level since the Second World War. That's going to be a big problem for our welfare state. I was looking at it on a graph earlier. What we spend is going like this. What we've got coming in is going like that. What then does the future look like?
I went to a pretty normal school and then went to Cambridge.
What challenges do young people feel in today's society?
Never at any point during the time I was at Cambridge was I even worrying about what I was going to do in the future.
The secret is they've got power. They've got power in their communities, in their activism, in their demands, and we should be doing everything we can to show them that we're on their side.
Welcome back to the Gen Z story with me, Vicky Spratt. Episode three this week, and it is a must listen. We have got none other than former Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner. Now, this interview with Angela was done a couple of weeks ago at the Spotify studios in central London. Alistair joined and we spoke to her before Labour's absolutely chaos. catastrophic local election results and in some ways i think some of the things we discussed were almost like we were looking into a bit of a crystal ball should labor be worried about the greens were young people going to turn to the greens what about the threat of reform we also talked about whether politicians are a little bit cringe when they're trying to talk to young people
Now, you won't have heard as much from Angela Rayner in the last eight months or so. That's because she was forced to resign as DPM and Housing Secretary over a scandal and a huge question mark about whether she paid enough tax when she bought a house in Brighton after putting her family home into a trust for her disabled son. She wasn't able to talk about that because there's an ongoing investigation with HMRC We also asked her whether she thought Keir Starmer should stay as Prime Minister. She didn't want to talk about that. She said she had joined us to talk about young people because that is what she's really passionate about. And she went into detail on some of the things she'd done in government on housing, for instance, renting, leasehold reform, planning reform, which you might not think of as a Gen Z policy, but she explained why it is.
And of course, her slightly contentious shake-up of workers' rights, in which there's a big shake-up of zero-hours contracts. and also we talked about the minimum wage. Over the weekend, after Labour's losses have become clear, Angela has sent out a lengthy statement on Twitter. She said the government needs to change direction. She talked about some of the issues we cover in this podcast. I think this interview is actually even more interesting than I thought it was when we recorded it, because it is her setting out what she thinks we need to do to make sure that young people feel seen and heard in the future don't forget to listen to episodes one and two you can still catch up with those this one is free to listen to and it is like no political interview i've ever done before because our audience that's you sent in their questions for angela and we were able to play out voice notes from trip listeners to her and she was able to respond so have a listen and let us know what you think
Welcome back to your own podcast, Alistair Campbell.
Thank you for having me.
Thanks for being here. And thank you for joining us, Angela Rayner. My pleasure.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:51
2
What challenges do young people feel in today's society?
0:51–4:26
3
How does Angela Rayner view the role of government in supporting Gen Z?
4:26–11:53
4
What are the implications of rising living costs for young adults?
11:53–14:51
5
How do young people perceive the effectiveness of political engagement?
14:51–18:16
6
What specific policies are being discussed to aid Gen Z?
18:16–22:42
7
How does social media impact the political landscape for younger generations?
22:42–25:53
8
What are the perspectives on student debt from the Gen Z audience?
25:53–1:06:42
Speakers
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