Into The Abyss (with Drew Hendry MP)
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his spending review, freezing pay for public sector workers outside the NHS and cutting overseas aid to 0.5% of GDP. Drew Hendry, SNP MP for Inverness and the party's business spokesperson, tells Bloomberg Westminster's Roger Hearing and Sebastian Salek why the chancellor should be spending tens of billions to stimulate the economy. Plus, just how dire are UK public finances? James Smith, research director at the Resolution Foundation, explains.
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