# We Know It's Bad, But How Bad?

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Podcast: [Reform Party Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/reform-party-podcast-7167827)
Published: 2026-02-01T10:04:06+00:00
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## Resource

Fred De Fossard is Director of Strategy at the Prosperity Institute (formerly Legatum). In this podcast he and Wendy Whittaker Large take a deep dive into the headwinds facing the UK economy and attempt to analyse if we can change course or if our decline is terminal. Find out more at https://www.prosperity.com/

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