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george osborne when he was shadow chancellor.t soundbites, or it's not supposed to be, it's about deep thinking on the economy. tonight the woman who wants to be your next chancellor delivered the lecture. her pitch was "trust me, i'll bring stability and that will bring growth". can it be that straightforward? more on the politics in a moment with our political editor nick watt, but first here's ben chu to talk us through the economics. the central theme of rachel reeves' mais lecture, stability. first, stability, the most basic condition for economic security and international credibility. stability in fiscal rules, stability in economic approach, ruling out any radical changes in tax or spending plans. in this sense her lecture this evening was very similar to gordon brown's mais lecture in 1999 which also stressed stability over all else. so what does all that tell us about the economic approach of a potential future labour government? well, it suggests there will be no immediate step change in funding for our public services

as george osborne passed _ three percentage points.ot a new issue or a new problem and it is not going to go awayjust because our politicians do not want to crack it. anyway, we have talked about a lot, been down memory lane. we talked about rachel reeves a lot, a bit about victoria atkins. but tonight lots of people will be talking about the oscars but you will have a double helping of newscast tomorrow? t will have a double helping of newscast tomorrow?- will have a double helping of newscast tomorrow? i will stay up all niuht newscast tomorrow? i will stay up all night and _ newscast tomorrow? i will stay up all night and watch _ newscast tomorrow? i will stay up all night and watch the _ newscast tomorrow? i will stay up all night and watch the oscars i newscast tomorrow? i will stay upj all night and watch the oscars and then me and katie russell will do a special episode of newscast which will be streamed on the iplayer at 7am. then a normal classic newscast in the evening. i will be sleep deprived. in the evening. i will be slee

the golden era harks back to george osborne and cameron, and in 2015, when president xijinping came overals. that was the apec, when economic relations were really top priority from the uk perspective, with china. —— the apec. since then, geopolitical concerns have been much more prominent, and the uk has become much more concerned about that, things like trying to remove chinese involvement in the telecom networks or in the power grid, some of these other critical infrastructure areas. ~ ., ,., infrastructure areas. thinking also of thin . s infrastructure areas. thinking also of things like _ infrastructure areas. thinking also of things like the _ infrastructure areas. thinking also of things like the security - infrastructure areas. thinking also of things like the security of - infrastructure areas. thinking also of things like the security of key i of things like the security of key minerals, for example. it's notjust uk in the west, which is reliant on imports from china. political rhetoric is important, but i guess they still need to tread carefully to protect the trading relatio

with george osborne tried to usher in a golden era of relations with china.to do that or things that are going to upset them. if you accept the fact beijing is extraordinarily hawkish you can see the reluctance. irate extraordinarily hawkish you can see the reluctance.— the reluctance. we have to leave it there but thanks _ the reluctance. we have to leave it there but thanks very _ the reluctance. we have to leave it there but thanks very much - the reluctance. we have to leave it there but thanks very much for- the reluctance. we have to leave it l there but thanks very much for being with us. ., ~ there but thanks very much for being with us. ., ,, , ., the french president, emmanuel macron, has warned russia against trying to exploit friday's deadly militant attack on a moscow concert venue to blame ukraine. four suspects appeared in court in moscow charged with terrorism. the islamic state group has said it carried out the attack, in which at least 137 people were killed. mr macron said the same group had plotted actions against france, and it would be c

both gordon and george osborne gordon brown and george osborne have made it considered more complicatedme of the issues around , um, the high issues around, um, the high marginal rates at the top are absolutely right. however, in overall money terms, this isn't a huge amount of money. the what the chancellor should do is plug some of the really gaping holes in our public services. homelessness has shot up over the last 15 years. we are letting criminals out of jail early because there's no room for them. the courts and criminal justice system, as we know , are at the point where know, are at the point where they are clogged up with delays. and while it's true that some not but some local councils not all, but some local councils have not managed their finances well, although i would say they've in general managed them a lot better than the government in you served, which has in which you served, which has wasted more money. um, it is wasted far more money. um, it is nonetheless the case that a lot of councils from all parties, conservative, labour and no control , um, are at conservativ

osborne's goes back to george osborne's austerity i mean, i read austerity years.y years. i mean, i read a case from one of the waspi women who got letter in women today who got a letter in march that her pension was march 2013 that her pension was changed for another five years to march 2020, when she'd made her own personal retirement plans for the following year. well, that's reasonable thing to do. >> that's what she said. that's a reasonable thing to do, she said. >> well, what are you going to do if i, if i, if i thought i was going to get ten, ten grand by just agreeing that i was totally, totally, look, if somebody is coming up to retirement, are playing retirement, they are playing a lot interest a lot of on lot of interest in a lot of on what they're on, on what their payment is going be. payment is going to be. >> and, and what percentage of them are relying totally. have you noticed how have all you noticed how many have all come saying we were relying come out saying we were relying on was pension be at on what was the pension be at that time, say 6000

so, it's not like george osborne, we've got to crush the deficit kind of approach.ng targeted. if you want to blame the rules, then the thing that's suboptimal about them is that they treat investment spending exactly the same as current spending. so it treats the stuff that's likely to help our growth in the long run — transport, housing... replacement buses! yes, buying the bus, not running the bus. it treats that exactly the same as day to day spending. as day—to—day spending. and what that result of that to make it really concrete is when when jeremy hunt came in after the liz truss debacle, one of the things he did is to slash investment spending to make the numbers add up again. and that is a very bad thing for our long run growth. i thinkjeremy hunt knows that as well. she can say, "i'm broadly going to keep the fiscal rules". she can allow herself to rewrite them and she can make a difference between investment spending and current debt. well, i think she should, but that's not her position. her position is exactly the same as jeremy hunt's on the fiscals, b

but george osborne passed passed legislation to do it before in the donor reforms. in this field who's very cross that nobody�*s basically done it. and this is not a new issue. it's not a new problem, and it's not going to go away just because our politicians don't want to crack it. anyway, we've talked about a lot. we've been down memory lane. we've been talking for a long time. we talked about rachel reeves a lot. we've talked a bit about victoria atkins, both people. i'm sure we'll talk about more. but tonight, lots of people will be talking about the oscars, but you'll have a double helping of newscasters. so i'm going to say our excitement tomorrow. so i'm going to stay up all night, watch the oscars. and they're me and katie russell. she's going to be in her hotel room in l.a.. fabulous. and we're going to do a special episode of newscast which will be streamed on the iplayer at 7 a.m., then available as a podcast. and then there'll be a normal classic daily newscast in the evening, and i'll just be sleep deprived. amazing. what wonderful, tasty morsels you ar

so it's not like george osborne, we've got to crush the deficit kind of approach. really very large falls in debt being targeted. if you want to blame the rules, then the the thing that's suboptimal about them is that they treat investment spending exactly the same as current spending. so it treats the stuff that's likely to help our growth in the long run — transport, housing... replacement buses! yes, buying the bus, not running the bus. it treats that exactly the same as day to day spending. and what that result of that to make it really concrete is when when jeremy hunt came in after the liz truss debacle, one of the things he did is to slash investment spending to make the numbers add up again. and that is a very bad thing for our long run growth. i thinkjeremy hunt knows that as well. he doesn't want to be in that situation. there's low hanging fruit for rachel reeves there. she can say, i'm broadly going to keep the fiscal rules. she can allow herself to rewrite them and she can make a difference between investment spending and current debt. well, i think sh

but in that time, george osborne, gordon brown and chancellor rishi sunak also have spoken.eves's turned. she has been in the shadow chancellor of the exchequer since 2021. we will bring you now the introduction to rachel reeves and listen to what she has to say at mais lecture in london.— mais lecture in london. which has its roots in — mais lecture in london. which has its roots in one _ mais lecture in london. which has its roots in one of _ mais lecture in london. which has its roots in one of the _ mais lecture in london. which has its roots in one of the worlds - its roots in one of the worlds oldest — its roots in one of the worlds oldest medical schools and also home to the _ oldest medical schools and also home to the second oldest rugby team in the world — to the second oldest rugby team in the world. will become citizen georgia's— the world. will become citizen georgia's world of london creating a powerful— georgia's world of london creating a powerful multi—faculty institution which _ powerful multi—faculty institution which we — powerful multi—faculty institutio

the most ridiculous invention of george osborne's — most ridiculous invention of george osborne's.e with more money in their pockets they might feel to _ money in their pockets they might feel to do — money in their pockets they might feel to do it for themselves. where will the magic _ feel to do it for themselves. where will the magic does _ feel to do it for themselves. where will the magic does come - feel to do it for themselves. where will the magic does come from? i l feel to do it for themselves. where l will the magic does come from? i do not think it — will the magic does come from? i do not think it will — will the magic does come from? i cr not think it will come from jeremy not think it will come from jeremy no gimmicks hunt, nor rachel reeves, who was saying she was talked to balance the books at the kitchen table. with the election on the horizon, both parties would like to win it and fairy dust might not win an election. win it and fairy dust might not win an election-— an election. safety is something attractive and _ an election. safety is something attractive and

decided — chancellors like george osborne decided that local authorities would take the _ decided thateded it over time. i know it is not easy and has — it over time. i know it is not easy and has been pointed out we have lots of _ and has been pointed out we have lots of empty buildings, we need a retrofitting scheme to bring them back in— retrofitting scheme to bring them back in use, it is not easy but what we need _ back in use, it is not easy but what we need is — back in use, it is not easy but what we need is consistency and not to make _ we need is consistency and not to make our— we need is consistency and not to make our town halls again and again and again— make our town halls again and again and again bearthe make our town halls again and again and again bear the brunt of cuts. levelling — and again bear the brunt of cuts. levelling up, when that was announce everybody was excited. it sounded great. 4 billion was never going to scratch the surface, local councils, the governments have adopted a begging bowl approach where local councils have to fill out tenners, it is estim

>> i thought someone would mention george osborne.me up in parliament yesterday with his famous quote about raising women's state pension age being the easiest money that his government had ever made. and that, quote will haunt him forever more. i'm fairly sure of that , what forever more. i'm fairly sure of that, what worries me, forever more. i'm fairly sure of that , what worries me, actually, that, what worries me, actually, is the government's poor record on implementing compensation . on implementing compensation. because if you look at what's happened to the post office honzon happened to the post office horizon people, if you look at what's happened to the contaminated blood victims, to the windrush victims, it's not a good story . the equitable life good story. the equitable life victims in all those groups, there are still people waiting for comp sensation that they've been, promised . and, to be been, promised. and, to be honest, that's the bit that worries me that even if a compensation package is agreed, over 100 waspi wo

. >> well, george osborne , the >> well, george osborne, the tory was the person tory chancellor, wasregime back in the early 20105. non—dom regime back in the early 2010s. he changed it. so after a certain number of years, you had to pay 30 grand a year straight up and down to the tax man in order to claim non—domicile. um status. labour wants to be more draconian and pretty much end non—dom status altogether. the tories are looking for a middle way, certainly it is a sort way, but certainly it is a sort of labour lite policy. >> so want ask you about >> so i want to ask you about the then, about the difference then, about national insurance tax national insurance cuts and tax cuts, cuts are sexier. the cuts, tax cuts are sexier. the electorate gets them any cuts we have that did we really notice the difference? is it a bit more ephemeral. what do think. ephemeral. what do you think. right >> so what is what is income tax and what national insurance. and what is national insurance. income tax as everyone understands, above 12.5 grand understands, is above 12.5 grand a you pay 20. and

a young george osborne gordon. a young george osborne was this. so when he was watching this.h the public finances, which, you know, i'm afraid brown did his later in afraid brown did in his later in his later years. and so he introduced office of budget introduced the office of budget responsibility introduced the office of budget res treasury,y introduced the office of budget res treasury, separate from the treasury, separate from political , to put political control, to put forecasts out there. >> but how good are they? because they keep getting it wrong. >> well, this is the thing. this is the thing the obr, particularly since what happened is the thing the obr, parti lizarly since what happened is the thing the obr, parti liz truss nce what happened is the thing the obr, parti liz truss and nhat happened is the thing the obr, parti liz truss and kwasi appened with liz truss and kwasi kwarteng in the autumn of 2022 when ignored the obr when they ignored the obr because she was a new prime minister, sick of treasury officialdom , sick of whitehall, officialdom, sick of whit

the 0br was set up by the former tory chancellor george osborne in 2010 to provide official economiceen done from within the treasury and there were concerns about the independence of those forecasts from politicians. the 0br was established in law to do the job entirely independently. the 0br was also tasked with judging whether the government was on course to hit its fiscal rules. and those rules are chosen by chancellors and not the 0br. and jeremy hunt's chosen rule is for debt to be protected by the 0br to decline as a share of the economy in five years' time. this is the projection from last year's autumn statement. note that debt actually rises over all the preceding four years. this very small decline between 2027 and 2028 of around £13 billion is the target being met. so when journalists and politicians talk about fiscal headroom with the money supposedly available for tax cuts, this is what they're talking about, something very slender in the scheme of things and inherently uncertain, too. but isn't the 0br, which is chaired by richard hughes, shown here, constantly changin

if >> you you'll have to borrow one of those, yellow jackets from george osborne when you go out to mendo mend him. mr rees—mogg. we won't be doing it. it's to us. it's you know, it's there's always a funny side to everything, but this is getting beyond a joke now, as far as we are concerned. what's going to happen? >>i happen? >> i mean, it's the council responsibility . and what seems responsibility. and what seems to me so important is that you should be able to maintain your independence by being able to go out, but that everyone knows that falls are the greatest risk to older people and therefore having 21 potholes in a short stretch of road is just so dangerous for you. so i understand exactly why mrs. nichols is so worried about going out and potentially falling. >> well, local press have been talking about it, and, other people have been talking about it. and the council latest we've heard, we've seen from the council in print is that the ownership of the road is complex. >> i wonder if mrs. nichols , >> i wonder if mrs. nichols, like, might like to say anything about this. limit

, exchequer, george osborne, decided that we had a great new future with china.ed even ianed future with china. indeed even invited the chinese president down to his local pub on a sunday lunchtime for a pint. but given this, given the hacking into individuals, given that 40 million people's data is now going to be in the hands of the chinese communists, what next? what do we actually do next? i'd love to hear from you . farage at love to hear from you. farage at gbnews.com what now? what on earth do we do? because it seems to me that we don't really have a policy. well, i'm joined by sir iain duncan smith, conservative member of parliament for chingford and woodford i'm also woodford green. and i'm also joined luke de pulford, joined by luke de pulford, executive of the executive director of the inter—parliamentary alliance on china . ian, you know, one china. ian, you know, one liners, great quotes. we where did the elephant giving birth to the mouse come from ? the mouse come from? >> well, it just popped into my head as i was watching this tortuous procedure

if >> you you'll have to borrow one of those, yellow jackets from george osborne when you go out to mend mend him. mr rees—mogg. we won't be doing it. it's to us. it's you know, it's there's always a funny side to everything, but this is getting beyond a joke now, as far as we are concerned. what's going to happen? >>i happen? >> i mean, it's the council responsibility . and what seems responsibility. and what seems to me so important is that you should be able to maintain your independence by being able to go out, but that everyone knows that falls are the greatest risk to older people and therefore having 21 potholes in a short stretch of road is just so dangerous for you. so i understand exactly why mrs. nichols is so worried about going out and potentially falling. >> well, local press have been talking about it, and, other people have been talking about it. and the council latest we've heard, we've seen from the council in print is that the ownership of the road is complex. >> i wonder if mrs. nichols , >> i wonder if mrs. nichols, like, might like to say anything about this. limits

you actually think of david cameron think that sort of david cameron and osborne's attack on and georgeon the welfare state was a bad thing, seem to be thing, and now you seem to be pitching to the right the pitching to the right of the current conservative party led by which me by rishi sunak, which to me doesn't seem a coalition. doesn't seem like a coalition. >> we want to that. we >> well, we want to get that. we want for the lowest want low taxes for the lowest paid, you've to paid, which is why you've got to increase the starting point for income tax £20,000, freeing income tax to £20,000, freeing up you going up how are you going to do levelling freeing up levelling up right, freeing up 7 million from paying any million people from paying any income make work income tax to make work pay? it's thing. it's a great thing. >> make work that's >> work make work pay. that's a great slogan for the conservatives. thank you, richard up richard and michael. coming up next, how next, we'll be explaining how britain into britain is sliding into a theocratic policed by theocratic regime polic

never george osborne before.ee meant anything to me, and i see sir keir starmer talking about it today. i'm still none the wiser. i understand it's about regional inequality and that we've been having that debate as long as i've been alive. yeah but it seemed that the only thing that starmer said that might lead to that levelling up between regions, was even more devolution and even more power to local mayors . and i, stella, to local mayors. and i, stella, i fail to see how that leads of itself to more economic growth. well, even the tory mayor, andy street, said that basically the way levelling up and devolution has been approached so far has ended up with local governments having to go in the having to go cap in hand to the westminster and ask westminster government and ask for money to please, the for money to please, using the things they to things that they need to do. >> know that from >> now we know that from the levelling fund, only 10% has levelling up fund, only 10% has been so far. why is that? been u

never george osborne before. see meant anything to me, and i see sir keir starmer talking about it today. i'm still none the wiser. i understand it's about regional inequality and that we've been having that debate as long as i've been alive. yeah but it seemed that the only thing that starmer said that might lead to that levelling up between regions, was even more devolution and even more power to local mayors . and i, stella, to local mayors. and i, stella, i fail to see how that leads of itself to more economic growth. well, even the tory mayor, andy street, said that basically the way levelling up and devolution has been approached so far has ended up with local governments having to go in the having to go cap in hand to the westminster and ask westminster government and ask for money to please, the for money to please, using the things they to things that they need to do. >> know that from >> now we know that from the levelling fund, only 10% has levelling up fund, only 10% has been so far. why is that? been

you actually think of david cameron think that sort of david cameron and osborne's attack on and george the welfare state was a bad thing, seem to be thing, and now you seem to be pitching to the right the pitching to the right of the current conservative party led by which me by rishi sunak, which to me doesn't seem a coalition. doesn't seem like a coalition. >> we want to that. we >> well, we want to get that. we want for the lowest want low taxes for the lowest paid, you've to paid, which is why you've got to increase the starting point for income tax £20,000, freeing income tax to £20,000, freeing up you going up how are you going to do levelling freeing up levelling up right, freeing up 7 million from paying any million people from paying any income make pay? income tax to make work pay? it's thing. it's a great thing. >> make work that's >> work make work pay. that's a great slogan for the conservatives. thank you, richard up richard and michael. coming up next, how next, we'll be explaining how britain into britain is sliding into a theocratic policed by theocratic regime policed

and the george osborne austerity years has reduced by 71. power across local government on the issue of birmingham city council, i struggle with this one. i'm a former councillor myself. i know this time of year in terms of budget setting, you do have to set a balanced budget. there's more than an hour here. i have to say, unfortunately, of head in the sand particular group sand from this particular group of councillors, they've known about equal pay claim for about this equal pay claim for many years. that said, it is europe's biggest local authority . by definition, it employs a huge workforce. it's got to find out over £800 million to settle this agreement. that's a huge i mean, that's the equivalent of my old budget for the whole council in brighton and hove. so that's just the scale here of what we're talking about . what we're talking about. >> and as you talk, that central government , >> and as you talk, that central government, he >> and as you talk, that central government , i.e. taxpayers in government, he taxpayers in the rest co

. >> the office of budget responsibility, one of george osborne's brilliant ideas not set up in 2010.er day, richard, suggesting that the obr's estimates have been wrong over 13 the tune of £558 13 years to the tune of £558 billion. that is unbelievable . billion. that is unbelievable. >> that's that's it's such a big number. it's half £1 trillion. i mean, it's just it's like 20 or £30,000 per adult. wrong in the last decade or so. and what that doesis last decade or so. and what that does is that means that the politicians are making the wrong decisions , the wrong judgements, decisions, the wrong judgements, based on completely the wrong advice. it's the old expression, isn't it, guy go garbage in equals garbage out. and that's what we've had. and yet none of them, they seem obsessed with it. labour party's rachel reeves she wants to become even more indoctrinated and sort of attached to this office for budget . i'd attached to this office for budget. i'd rename it. i'd rename it the obe. the office of budgeting competence. >> will you get rid of it? >> will you get rid of it? >> i

it has been floated before, i mean, and i think even george osborne back in 2014 was talking ending talkingng the unfairness effectively unfairness of it and effectively what it is, is it's a long enough away target and goal that the chancellor can point to it and there is some meat, and say that there is some meat, if you like, to the vague aspiration of wanting to cut taxes further. but the issue is that nobody thinks that it's very likely, nor that the conservatives will be in power to deliver it. the number of mps that i to say that that i speak to who say that voters turning is voters are turning off is increasing the conservatives can kind of shout and make as many promises as they like, but it doesn't really mean that the voters listening any longer. doesn't really mean that the votiphoebe istening any longer. doesn't really mean that the votiphoebe ,;tening any longer. doesn't really mean that the votiphoebe , can ng any longer. doesn't really mean that the votiphoebe , can you ny longer. doesn't really mean that the votiphoebe , can you imagine r. doesn't really mean that the votip

osborne, the then chancellor, used to talk about a golden age of relations with china.ed with the electoral commission have been hacked by china too. so a real threat from china too. so a real threat from china too. so a real threat from china to our national security. now, some of the mps concerned, including sir iain duncan smith , including sir iain duncan smith, the former, leader of the conservative party and a really critical on china, are having a meeting this lunchtime. they're going to be holding a press conference later. and then deputy prime minister oliver dowden is going to make a statement talking about what sanctions means. they are going to bring in onto chinese officials. so a tougher line on china. but the conservative party has been quite conflicted in their approach to china over the last few days , years. the last few days, years. apologies. so it will be interesting to see what happens today. >> catherine, thanks very much indeed. >> catherine, thanks very much indeed . now we're going to be to indeed. now we're going to be to talking the winner of

osborne and keep george osborne to try and keep spending think it's spending restraint.core certain . so it's the body certain things. so it's the body that immigration is always that says immigration is always good for good for the economy. for example and won't example, and it won't let chancellors things . and chancellors do other things. and i been the major i think that's been the major constriction that's prevented it from more bold and brave from doing more bold and brave things. yeah. >> know, the last time things. yeah. >> heard know, the last time things. yeah. >> heard somebody he last time things. yeah. >> heard somebody wantingime things. yeah. >> heard somebody wanting toe we heard somebody wanting to shun big of, um, what do shun a big sort of, um, what do you want it? mainstream you want to call it? mainstream institution , like the obr was institution, like the obr was liz truss, and we saw how that played i'm leaving it played out. and i'm leaving it to the labour spokesperson now to the labour spokesperson now to obr . we heard the to defend the obr. w

george osborne and you think he made difficult decisions lot of people talk decisions a lot of peoplethey were the rigiso you as. about us that they were the rigiso you would welcome austerity? >> wouldn't say >> well, i wouldn't say austerity because was austerity because that was a different set of circumstances back then. we'd had banking back then. we'd had the banking crisis. were, know, crisis. things were, you know, we credit rating was all we had our credit rating was all over and quite over the place. and quite frankly, financial markets frankly, the financial markets were in the united were not investing in the united kingdom which you kingdom in the way in which you know, our economy know, we wanted our economy to be what we now need? be sound. what do we now need? and is difficult because and this is difficult because you've got to balance the books debts, debt, spending at an debts, debt, spending is at an all high as well. debt to all time high as well. debt to gdp . we need economic growth. gdp. we need economic growth. but not with taxes. at a 70 year high. we have to

. >> george osborne promised northern powerhouse rail fast rail between liverpool and leeds and bradforder and cut the leg to manchester as well. can you understand why people in the nonh understand why people in the north and are loath to believe these promises? they've heard it all before and it hasn't been delivered . delivered. >> i think the most important transport investments are investments in the north that make it easier for people to, uh, move between and within the towns and cities that they live in. and they love. so the announcement that i've made today on additional investment for transport in west yorkshire is about a mass transit system in leeds and bradford, and that will link leeds and bradford more effectively to , to, to more effectively to, to, to wakefield, to huddersfield and to halifax and those are the transport links that really matter here because at the moment the travel time work for, for people who live in the communities just outside leeds is significantly greater than in comparable cities. so that's the sort of difference on the ground that really benefit

osborne of the golden era.ter on today by the deputy prime minister, point to a very clear, malign influence by china. and in the past. now, david cameron and others have always stressed getting a balance between trading opportunities with the world's second largest economy and the risks for security and their abuses of human rights. i think that the news and the statement we're going to get later about potential attacks that there have been the press are recording against. the electoral commission will hear more about that later. and what has been going on against parliamentarians. show that the dial has very much swung towards the risk category, away from the opportunities category, and i hope david cameron, when he presumably responds to this in the house of lords himself, will acknowledge that. and i think that would certainly chime with the feeling of parliamentarians on both sides of the house as to how view china. how we view china. >> think there's just >> yeah, i think there's just another thing to say

. >> they retrospective tax >> they have retrospective tax introduced by george osborne where they basically his books again. liam, you know why we of that was okay? we said all of that was okay? for the ten years, we've for the past ten years, we've changed our mind. we're going back years. national back ten years. tax and national insurance, and we're going to take charges? take that off you loan charges? er, doesn't mean er, 35. and it doesn't mean anything anybody until it anything to anybody until it hits them. >> i think there's something in that. do think hmrc , the that. i do think hmrc, the taxman, more taxman, is getting more aggressive way they aggressive in the way they pursue, particularly freelance workers . a lot of us in the workers. a lot of us in the media are freelance workers. a lot of us across the economy. it's the gig economy, ir35 , as it's the gig economy, ir35, as you say, eamonn, most people might not know what that means. thatis might not know what that means. that is how the revenue tax is. people who aren't officially employees , they're contractors employees, t

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