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The Economist Asks: Can Britain’s new prime minister solve an economic crisis?

Economist Podcasts
Economist Podcasts
Episode • Sep 8, 2022 • 36m
The new leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, faces an enormous task. Britain is contending with soaring energy bills, double-digit inflation and the unresolved backwash of Brexit. Host Anne McElvoy asks Lord Razzall and former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith about her path to power. And, The Economist’s Soumaya Keynes and Matthew Holehouse analyse her chances of success.

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