Labour’s Welfare Crackdown & Washington’s EU Blackmail
Mar 26, 2025•23 min
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Episode description
On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway unpacks: the UK's Spring Statement and Labour’s reckless welfare cuts (0:51), how Trump’s America is using dollar swap lines to pressure the EU (7:55), and how global shipping companies are raking in record profits from worldwide trade disruptions (16:55).
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