{"id":295200,"date":"2025-11-12T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-fiscal-black-hole-made-up\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T18:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:05:21","slug":"is-the-fiscal-black-hole-made-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-fiscal-black-hole-made-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the fiscal black hole \u2018made up\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5FZ2T47kcHw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is the fiscal black hole \u2018made up\u2019?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5FZ2T47kcHw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir Starmer is standing on the edge of a black hole.<\/p>\n<p>The budget is looming and Downing Street believes some of the prime minister\u2019s own MPs may move against him if it is badly received.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Much of the jitters within Labour swirl around the filling of a black hole in the public finances that may actually be self-imposed and self-inflicted.<\/p>\n<p>Niall is joined by our data and economics editor Ed Conway &#8211; who explains everything you need to know about a fiscal black hole that might not actually really exist.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Tom Gillespie<\/p>\n<p>Editor: Mike Bovill\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Keir Starmer is standing on the edge of a black hole. 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