Hunt’s cuts upon cuts have left the nation worried, depressed and frightened. Is there any hope beyond austerity 2.0? Marc Stears, director of the UCL Policy Lab, author of Out of the Ordinary and former Ed Miliband speechwriter, speaks to Ros Taylor about the state of Britain and its future prospects.

• “The reality of the economy is an extraordinary living standards squeeze that people confront in their daily lives.” 
• “Anger, rage, unpredictability – you see that everywhere at the moment, but particularly in the Conservative backbenches.”
• “We’re probably overly gloomy as to where we might be able to get, but not gloomy enough about where we are now.” 
• “People are fed up with overly grandiose stories which turned out to have nothing in them.” 

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Presented by Ros Taylor. Producers: Jet Gerbertson and Alex Rees. Assistant Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Alex Rees. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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