The Kent Politics Show - November 28th 2025 - video Dailymotion

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Catch up on all the latest political news from across Kent with Meghan Shaw, joined by Reform Kent County Councillor Brain Collins and Labour's Councillor Teresa Murray of Medway Council.  They discussed the Labour government's second Budget of this Parliament.

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00:00Welcome to the Kent Politics Show on KameTV. I'm Megan Shaw and this week funding for

00:26the Lower Thames Crossing, a boost to apprenticeships and a higher minimum wage. But what will the

00:32budget cost you? Chancellor Rachel Reeves faced accusations of breaking her election promises

00:38by raising taxes. So tonight we'll unpack whether Kent residents got a good deal. But first,

00:44here's some of the reactions across Kent. It was a very progressive budget addressing

00:51costal living crisis for families and bringing some stability into the economy and in fact

00:59some growth in the economy as well which we haven't seen for a long time. Well I thought

01:04Halloween had been and gone but I think yesterday was a complete horror show. I think the Chancellor

01:09is hopelessly out of her depth. I think this is typical Labour politics. They think that

01:15by splashing loads of taxpayers' cash on public spending, they will somehow stimulate growth.

01:23What we're doing is rebalancing businesses and taxation around businesses. So small and

01:27medium sized businesses like those cafes will get a benefit from this budget. Those bigger

01:33businesses, Amazon and others, which are undercutting them, they will be paying for that. So I would

01:38say to those businesses, look, I hear the situation at the moment is difficult. You know, the economy,

01:46we are, we've not had a single quarter of decline. It's been growth in every quarter. So compared to

01:522023 when we had a recession, we're not talking about that today. So I think businesses can be

01:57reasonably confident that the growth over the next several years will be sustained. I think this is

02:02really going to help people in Gratia. So for instance, removing the two-child benefit cap is

02:10going to mean that 3,000 children in Gratia are now going to be lifted out of poverty. I mean,

02:17that is just in one fast swoop, one signature can do that. I mean, that's incredible. And this is why

02:24I came into politics to do things like this. Here with me is Theresa Murray, deputy leader of Medway

02:31Council for Labour and Reforms, Brian Collins, deputy leader of KCC. So we just, we saw some

02:38clips there from some of the MPs and of course, Lyndon, Kem, Karen. So what was your initial

02:43reactions to Wednesday's budget? Obviously a large one. It's the third largest tax raising budget

02:48since 2010. So what were your initial reactions? I was pleased with the budget, Megan. I think that

02:54investing in public services, making life a bit easier for businesses and expecting everyone to

03:01play their part is a good thing to do. It was a proudly Labour budget. Lyndon, Kem, Karen is right

03:06about that. I didn't know that she was an economist. But all the same, the measures that are put in there

03:14will create growth. We've seen that before under Labour governments and we'll see it again. I understand

03:20that people are having a tough time.

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