Britain is in trouble. Its economy is stagnant, and its politics are in turmoil, with Andy Burnham set to be our seventh prime minister in a decade. Yet former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has a surprisingly upbeat take on Britain’s potential – if its politicians can be bold enough.
In this episode of The Capitalist, he sits down with Marc Sidwell to discuss his new book, ‘Can We Be Rich Again?’
Hunt advocates a radical programme for growth, and has a warning for Andy Burnham – reform welfare on day one, or see your administration fail like Keir Starmer’s.
For Hunt, ending the pension triple lock is now a economic and moral necessity. And he says we’ve got devolution completely wrong; if that’s Burnham’s big idea, he needs to fix it, fast.
He also discusses why Britain is still on course to become the world’s fifth-biggest economy, and why its best days can still be ahead of it.
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