How might Labour's new leaders grow the UK?

About this episode

The episode discusses potential strategies for Labour's new leaders to reshape the UK's economic growth amidst an upcoming leadership election.

With a leadership election on the horizon, there are discussions among the backbenches about how potential contenders might look to reshape and re-energise the UK's growth. The Observer's political editor Rachel Sylvester speaks with economics editor Ben Zaranko about what the various approaches might look like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Sylvester

Guest: Ben Zaranko

Topics covered

• politics
• economics
• leadership
• growth
• Labour party

Keywords

• Labour
• leadership election
• UK growth
• politics
• economics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Observer, Labour

Places: UK

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