News Roundtable: Budget 2021, Pontins’ secret blacklist and plans for No.10’s makeover

This week is our ‘News Roundtable’ episode, where host Chris Wright discusses the week’s biggest stories with journalists and decision-makers. In this episode Chris is joined by Penny Richards, managing director of The Aspen Institute UK; Cliff Fluet, digital lawyer at Lewis Silkin and managing director of Eleven Advisory; and Michael Wilson, journalist, broadcaster and British TV's longest-serving business and economics editorThe discussion kicks off with reactions to the 2021 Budget, the media’s ‘smoke signals’ and chancellor Rishi Sunak’s meteoric political ascent. Together they address the outrage surrounding Pontins’ secret blacklist on Irish surnames and debate who should be paying for Carrie Symonds’ makeover of the prime-ministerial abode.Created and produced by Podcast Partners: www.podcastpartners.comSign up to receive updates by email when a new episode drops at: www.wrightonthenail.fm'I Hit The Nail Right On The Head' by Billy Bremner. © Fridens liljor/Micke Finell.Rock around the clock productions AB.www.rockaroundtheclock.co This episode was produced by Sound SapienSoundsapien.com