The Robert Jenrick Interview: What's Reform's Economic Plan?

罗伯特·杰里克访谈:改革的经济计划是什么?

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2026-02-19

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Today, Robert Jenrick used his first speech as Reform’s pick for chancellor to try to convince businesses and economists that he would be sensible with their money. He said it would reintroduce the two-child benefit cap in full, in a shift away from scrapping the limit. He also said the party plans to keep UK's budget watchdog The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). So we thought it would be a good time to explore exactly what Reform’s plan for the economy was, and ask is it really that radical? You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Shiler Mahmoudi. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • Hello, we're recording this episode of newscast on Wednesday, the 18th of February, mid-afternoon.

  • And it's a day where we got a serious look at the next phase of Reform UK.

  • So on Tuesday, they unveiled their shadow spokespeople, putting the big names and the big jobs.

  • And today, one of them, Robert Jenrick,

  • who describes himself as the shadow chancellor for Reform UK, was doing a speech in the city.

  • It was very serious, much less razzmatazzi than some other reform events,

  • much less kind of punchy

  • because it was designed to send a message of reassurance to businesses and the banks and institutions that lend the British government money that they would be okay

  • if reform were in government.

  • And he also talked about a whole load of policies reformer thinking of introducing when it comes to the economy and the public finances.

  • So we thought this would be a really good day to drill into what reform actually want to do when it comes to the economy and running the nation's balance sheet.