2026-08-19
35 分钟Welcome to this week's episode of The State of It.
Today we're going to be talking about two things.
We are going to be talking about the monster autumn that is to come.
There are three particularly big things on the horizon.
The early release of thousands of very dangerous prisoners and the issues around that.
That's number one.
Number two is the budget, which is potentially a tax-raising budget.
Big problems around that.
And number three, we're going to be talking to you about welfare.
And then on top of that, we're going to also talk about Reform
UK as various splits are now opening up in the public from within the party.
And look, this week, we've got two very special guests on the state of it.
First up...
I'm Fraser Nelson.
I'm a columnist for The Times.
I'm Gabriel Pogrand.
I am editor of Insight, the Sunday Times investigations team.
Magnificent.
So look, let's kick off with the autumn.
And if we just start by talking about the early release scheme, they think they found a solution for it.