Baroness Angela Smith...On Tory Tax Bombshells And Labour's Future
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Boris Johnson has taken the biggest gamble of his premiership with a National Insurance hike to fund the NHS and social care. Labour's leader in the Lords Angela Smith joins Ned Simons, Sophia Sleigh and Paul Waugh to chat through Tory tax rises and where Labour's at ahead of its party conference   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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