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Britain Is Spending More and Getting Worse

Malcolm Offord
Episode 178 · 1h 07m · Published 25th May 2026 · Recorded in London
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Malcolm Offord

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Lord Malcolm Offord joins me to discuss why Britain and Scotland are spending more, taxing more and regulating more - while ordinary people feel poorer, public services feel worse, and voters increasingly believe nothing changes. Offord argues that Britain has not created real wealth for a generation. He explains why Scotland is a warning sign for the rest of the UK, why state spending has risen without improving services, how quantitative easing protected asset owners and locked out young people, and why the choice ahead is between a welfare economy and a wealth economy.