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The must-read Sunday Times bestseller by Labour's economic mastermind
2024
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, updated with a new PrefaceThe essential blueprint for a better future, by Labour's economic mastermind‘Stellar: brilliant, incredibly pragmatic’ Rory Stewart‘Refreshingly optimistic’ The Times‘No one has done more to re-inject sanity into our national policy’ Emily Maitlis'Everyone should read this book if they care...
Great Britain?
The must-read Sunday Times bestseller by Labour's economic mastermind
- Narrated by
- Torsten Bell
Unabridged
6 hours 38 min
2024
EN
Brought to you by Penguin.We all want to know what on earth is going on. Why real wages are flatlining but taxes are rising, and public services are still collapsing. Why our children can’t afford a house and our neighbours are using foodbanks. We are all yearning for a way out of the repeated economic crises, generational divisions and political dysfunction that dominate our lives. Most of all we want our – and Britain’s – future back.Great Britain?
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