26/11/2016
Paul Waugh of the Huffington Post looks at the problems of social mobility, behind the scenes at the Treasury, the constitutional question of Article 50, and Brexit diplomacy.
Paul Waugh of the Huffington Post looks behind the scenes at Westminster.
The gloomy economic climate makes it difficult to see how the government can help those who " just about manage". What prospects of change do the measures in the autumn statement offer them?
And what goes on behind the scenes at the Treasury when such fiscal events are staged?
Plus what is the constitutional importance of Article 50 shortly to be ruled on by the Supreme Court, and a former British Ambassador to France on diplomacy in the new world of Brexit and President Elect Donald Trump.
The Editor is Marie Jessel.
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