<description>&lt;div&gt;The Institute for Fiscal Studies  - or IFS - has become the nation’s go to institution for judgements about tax, spending and borrowing. And the Office for Budget Responsibility – the OBR – is the independent official watchdog that assess the viability and sustainability of the government’s economic plans.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Our guest today, Sir Robert Chote has run both organisations and knows better than anyone on the planet how they both work. He now heads the UK Statistics Authority. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Season 7 of the We Society Podcast from the Academy of Social Sciences continues to tackle the big questions through a social science lens. &lt;strong&gt;Throughout this series, you'll be hearing some of the best ideas to shape the way we live.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Hosted by journalist and Academy President Will Hutton, we interview some of Britain’s top social scientists and public figures from across the globe to explore their evidence-led solutions to society’s most pressing problems.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Don't want to miss an episode? Follow the We Society on your favourite podcast platform and you can email us on wesociety@acss.org.uk and tell us who we should be speaking to or follow us on X &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/AcadSocSciences"&gt;https://twitter.com/AcadSocSciences&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This is the first episode of Season 7, and there will be episodes released every week so be sure to subscribe and rate the podcast. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Find out more about the Academy of Social Sciences here:&lt;a href="https://acss.org.uk/"&gt; https://AcSS.org.uk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </description>

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S7 Ep3: Making a responsible budget with Sir Robert Chote

JAN 29, 202533 MIN
The We Society

S7 Ep3: Making a responsible budget with Sir Robert Chote

JAN 29, 202533 MIN

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<div>The Institute for Fiscal Studies  - or IFS - has become the nation’s go to institution for judgements about tax, spending and borrowing. And the Office for Budget Responsibility – the OBR – is the independent official watchdog that assess the viability and sustainability of the government’s economic plans.<br> <br> Our guest today, Sir Robert Chote has run both organisations and knows better than anyone on the planet how they both work. He now heads the UK Statistics Authority. <br> <br> Season 7 of the We Society Podcast from the Academy of Social Sciences continues to tackle the big questions through a social science lens. <strong>Throughout this series, you'll be hearing some of the best ideas to shape the way we live.</strong><br> <br> Hosted by journalist and Academy President Will Hutton, we interview some of Britain’s top social scientists and public figures from across the globe to explore their evidence-led solutions to society’s most pressing problems.<br> <br> Don't want to miss an episode? Follow the We Society on your favourite podcast platform and you can email us on [email protected] and tell us who we should be speaking to or follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/AcadSocSciences">https://twitter.com/AcadSocSciences</a><br> <br> This is the first episode of Season 7, and there will be episodes released every week so be sure to subscribe and rate the podcast. <br> <br> Find out more about the Academy of Social Sciences here:<a href="https://acss.org.uk/"> https://AcSS.org.uk</a> </div>