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Because a big part of everybodys bills its going up, are those standing charges that you cant really do anything about. that goes to pay for the insurance scheme that kicks in when energy companies go bust, and for some of those green charges. thats a huge political fight on many fronts. i dont think that this spring statement on wednesday is the end of the matter, by any means. i think this is just going to be the topic of >> 2022. thank you, sam. it does feel, you can understand why richie sun...

Johnsons old adversaries. i think youre pretty and surprised to see the lack from david gore, a former conservative minister. who campaigned for remain. he said, imagine being a serious, decent conservative mp and, having to a defense that prime ministers ukraine, brexit or marks. no wonder richie sunak looks uncomfortable. david glock. lets bring sam coats back in, shall we. sam, i just want to draw you to the very final question i asked richie sunak. because it does feel to me like this demons...

Are about to see a cost of living crisis that we havent seen for generations. people getting poorer. and its difficult to see a situation where the governing party doesnt at least to some extent, pick up some blame for that. >> thats right. when people get poor, they justify justifiably look at the government to potentially get more angry. i think people in the good times might take one view of their politicians, but theyre perhaps altogether are less but nelly benevolent in their conclusions wh...

Funding for the nhs. and also, social here. what is labor decision -- do they agree with the taxes? this is what chancellor rachel reeves had to say. >> we now know that there is going to be no new money for social here in this parliament. then they said it was to reduce nhs waiting times. that theres no credible plan to do that in this parliament. the problem with national insurance is that its attacks on work. its a tax charging by those people who go to work every day, and those people who em...

Welcome back to sophie ridge. we have a moment to take you back through the mornings interviews. we get a bit of analysis with our deputy political editor, sam coats. sam, of course was at the conservative spring conference yesterday. there was a couple of controversial things the prime minister said on stage. just explain to us what he said and how it went down in the whole? >> yes, we were up in black pool yesterday for the spring conference speech by the prime minister. and he went a bit furt...

But also, on ukraine. talking about president bidens comments, and also trying to get a bit of a sense about whether any peace deal could be struck. whether the uk would back that, and under what conditions. that was the kind of thing were trying to unpack with him, as well as some of our other guests. as always, some of the most powerful voices coming out from ukraine, as well. lets bring in our adaptive political editor, sam coats. whos regular face to you. youre in a different position, makin...