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Migration, the customs union & a £40bn black hole?

Migration, the customs union & a £40bn black hole?

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There are reports that the OBR will downgrade Britain’s productivity growth forecasts, increasing the size of the black hole facing the Chancellor at the end of the month. This continues the spate of bad news for the Chancellor on the economy – but can we trust the figures? James Heale and Michael Simmons join Patrick Gibbons to talk about what this means ahead of the budget, whether anger over the money wasted on asylum hotels can be linked to the cost-of-living crisis and what Rachel Reeves is doing in Saudi Arabia this week.


Plus: is a debate over the customs union really what Britain wants right now?


Produced by Patrick Gibbons.

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