Novara Live

Labour Versus the Banks

Novara Live

Show Notes

Chancellor John Healey is poised to raise taxes on banks in the autumn budget.

Plus: Why housing benefits are broken, Iran is picking apart Gulf infrastructure, ITV releases more undercover footage from inside Reform UK, and the police are looking into a post by the wife of Britain’s national security adviser in relation to Palestine Action.

With Michael Walker, Banseka Kayembe, Jonathan Portes, Steven Methven & Sina Toossi.

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