Political Capital

The Lansons Public Affairs team analyse the impact of and outcomes from the government's Autumn Budget and Spending Review.

Is the Chancellor less Rishi Osborne and more Gordon Sunak? This budget saw more spending than any other Chancellor since 2010, returning spending levels to the point when Conservatives took over from Labour.

By 2026, taxes are scheduled to be at the highest levels since the Attlee Government. Are these the right circumstances in which to persuade businesses to invest? And if the Chancellor misses his target, does it really matter?

Podcast Highlights:

• Unlocking the global competitiveness of the financial services industry
• Bank Corporate Tax Surcharges and Green Saving Bonds
• Rising problem of debt and cost of living crisis
• Pensions Scheme Bill and Pensions Tax Relief Administration
• Major changes to Taxation system incl. green technology and business rates
• Sustainable aviation fuel, EV's charging infrastructure and active travel policies
• Lack of detail for integrated rail plan, and very little on housing

The full Lansons PA team unpick the results from “Super Thursday” –  where local, devolved and mayoral races took place on the same day – and examine the legislative programme unveiled by the Government at the State Opening of Parliament.

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Opinium’s Head of Political Polling, Adam Drummond, and Lansons Lead Political Consultant, James Dowling ask what happened to the US polls and what happens now. They also unpick Opinium’s UK polling on party’s and the prospect for a UK/US trade deal.

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Opinium Head of Political Polling, Adam Drummond, and Lansons Associate Director and former Conservative Campaign Adviser, Mitchell Cohen dig into the numbers for next week’s US Election: Challenging popular myths about the race, examining the chances of each candidate and explaining how you poll one of the largest democracies in the world.

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Recorded: 14.10.20

James Dowling and Senior Research Manager at Opinium, James Crouch, explore the company’s weekend poll which shows Labour and the Conservative Party neck and neck. We also explore attitudes towards lockdown – How are the UK population weighing up the balance between the economy and health? Do the measures announced go far enough? What does all this mean for the winter?

Highlights:

• What difference does Labour’s new leader make?
• Did conference season change anything?
• Can public trust be regained?
• Did yesterday’s measure go far enough?
• How do people feel the crisis will impact the economy?
• How much does someone’s personal financial situation impact on their views toward the lockdown?

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In our pilot episode of a new fortnightly series of Political Capital Opinium’s Head of Political Polling, Adam Drummond, and Lansons Lead Political Consultant, James Dowling, consider the fortunes of Britain’s favourite politician: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak – examining his politics, his popular perception and his polling. We also take a look at one of the more unusual “polls” of British politics, Conservative Home’s monthly Cabinet rankings.

Highlights:

• What direction of travel did the Chancellor suggest the Treasury would take in his speech to Conservative Party Conference?
• Why is Rishi Sunak so popular and how can he maintain it?
• Whatever happened to brand Boris?
• How do you rank Cabinet Ministers?
• How bad are things looking for Gavin Williamson

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The judgement of history on the Government’s COVID response will come in due course and could ultimately vindicate them. The public verdict will, however, come much sooner and could nevertheless go the other way.  Former Cabinet Minister David Gauke discusses with James Dowling, Lansons lead political consultant. 

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