
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Half way through its parliamentary term Britain’s Conservative-led coalition government has a growth problem - the economy is flat; possibly heading for a triple dip recession. But how does a government committed to fiscal austerity juice things up?
HARDtalk speaks to Lord Heseltine, a former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister who was last year commissioned by David Cameron’s government to come up with a growth strategy. But are today’s Tory leaders ready to heed this voice of experience?
(Image: Lord Heseltine. Copyright: Press Association)
By BBC World Service4.4
327327 ratings
Half way through its parliamentary term Britain’s Conservative-led coalition government has a growth problem - the economy is flat; possibly heading for a triple dip recession. But how does a government committed to fiscal austerity juice things up?
HARDtalk speaks to Lord Heseltine, a former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister who was last year commissioned by David Cameron’s government to come up with a growth strategy. But are today’s Tory leaders ready to heed this voice of experience?
(Image: Lord Heseltine. Copyright: Press Association)

7,595 Listeners

1,087 Listeners

4,145 Listeners

520 Listeners

1,057 Listeners

378 Listeners

1,005 Listeners

299 Listeners

5,462 Listeners

1,799 Listeners

968 Listeners

590 Listeners

1,749 Listeners

1,041 Listeners

2,087 Listeners

744 Listeners

49 Listeners

2,549 Listeners

3,193 Listeners

1,032 Listeners

331 Listeners

26 Listeners