When is a tax cut not a tax cut?

What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise editor-in-chief James Harding.

In this live recording he’s joined by political editor Cat Neilan, the FT’s Claer Barrett and Slow Newscast host Basia Cummings to make sense of Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement and Palantir’s new NHS data contract.

Listen to Basia’s new series ‘Walter’s War’ here.

What do you think should lead the news? Email your stories to [email protected].

The producer was Rebecca Moore and the executive producer was Lewis Vickers. 

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