“I have heard speculation that the Conservatives’ election strategy is not actually about ‘culture wars and wedge issues’ or evoking fears about Labour’s spending plans. It shows that Starmer is indecisive and untrustworthy, and that the Labor Party is divided. ” – one listener wrote in asking whether the Conservative Party’s electoral strategy had changed in recent months.
Another listener wrote in asking whether Labor had “got away with 28 billion”. This is a shift from a previous promise to spend £28bn a year on driving the green industrial revolution if elected.
UK editor Anush Chakerian, along with deputy political editor Rachel Cunliffe and political correspondent Freddie Hayward, answer these questions.
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