Sir Vince Cable: The Autumn 2025 Budget Verdict - Complicated, Cautious & Consequential

On the day Rachel Reeves delivered Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, who better to dissect it than the last Liberal Democrat to sit in Cabinet as Business Secretary?In this first instalment of The Pulse of Power, I sit down with Sir Vince Cable - former leader of the Liberal Democrats and Secretary of State for Business (2010–2015) for an unflinching, real-time reaction to the 2025 Autumn Budget.What You’ll Learn- Complicated Over Bold: Why Sir Vince believes the Budget lacks clarity and what he would have changed (yes, even manifesto promises).- Two-Child Cap Victory: The one measure he applauds without reservation and why it’s a game-changer for working families.- Third Budget Nightmare: The political catastrophe that could kill public trust in government if Labour has to tax again.This episode is the Budget deep-dive you’ve been waiting for - clear, candid, and straight from someone who has actually sat at the Cabinet table when the numbers didn’t add up.Part 2 (coming next week) dives into Sir Vince’s extraordinary political journey: Labour → SDP → Lib Dem leadership → Coalition power broker → the wilderness and back.The Pulse of Power is produced by Urban Podcasts.