Are these tax cuts for real?

Who’s right? Are these really the biggest tax cuts since the
1980s? Or are we paying more tax than ever? Or might both things
be true? Amol and Nick look through the headlines of a
complicated Autumn Statement and ask whether these tax cuts are
real. They talk to former chancellor Ken Clarke about economic
credibility, and they examine the tax-and-spend dividing lines
between Labour and the Conservatives ahead of the election. Plus
they look to Europe where the controversial, inflammatory and
populist politician Geert Wilders is heading to victory in the
Dutch general election. The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan
and Nick Robinson, both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today
programme, the UK’s most influential radio news programme. Amol
was the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor
of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University
Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he
was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also
previously worked as ITV’s political editor. The producers are
Tom Smithard and Rufus Gray. The editors are Jonathan Aspinwall
and Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.