Fuelled by a Twix and a can of Sprite, Chancellor Rishi Sunak finally set out his budget and multi-year spending review on Wednesday, we take a look at his plans will mean for Britain’s economy. Also, COVID hasn’t gone away, but what would the introduction of plan B look like? Is the public ready for it?

And COP26 begins at the weekend. MO HUSSEIN, former advisor to Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd joins to tell us what these conferences are really like, and what needs to happen to make the event a success for both Britain and the world. 

* “The rhetoric of the budget speech didn’t match up to the forecasts.” - GEMMA TETLOW

* “When Sunak receives bad news, he raises taxes. When he gets good news, he raises spending.” - GEMMA TETLOW

* “It was noticeable how little ‘net-zero’ was mentioned in the budget, especially with COP26 next week.” - ROSA HODGKIN

* “The Conservatives are matching, even outdoing Labour on spending in some areas.” - MO HUSSEIN

* “Lots of geopolitics happens at COP summits, countries need to cut through that.” - MO HUSSEIN

* “Failure would look like coming out COP26 with the same climate targets as we have now.” - ROSA HODGKIN

Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Gemma Tetlow and Rosa Hodgkin of the IfG. Audio production by Alex Rees. Inside Briefing is a Podmasters Production for the IfG. 

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