Austerity, voting intentions and spending plans

NEF CEO Miatta Fahnbulleh on BBC 2 Politics Live

By Miatta Fahnbulleh

06 December 2019

Tories commit to ‘tax cutting budget

NEF CEO Miatta Fahnbulleh calls out Conservative MP Oliver Dowden on lack of spending plans from the Conservative party to reverse the effects of austerity on BBC 2 Politics Live.

Coalition record on welfare cuts

NEF CEO Miatta Fahnbulleh calls out Sam Gyimah on the coalition government’s programme of austerity on BBC 2 Politics Live.

Are Tories vulnerable in leafy suburbs?

NEF CEO Miatta Fahnbulleh argues that polling on General Election voting intentions should be “taken with a pinch of salt” and discusses possible outcomes on BBC 2 Politics Live.

Topics Macroeconomics Democracy & participation

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