Episode
Iran oil crisis: Is Rachel Reeves doing enough to keep energy bills down?
- Podcast
- Talking Politics
- Published
- Mar 24, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1078
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://talking-politics.captivate.fm
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-politics-6747759/episodes/iran-oil-crisis-is-rachel-reeves-doing-enough-to-keep-energy-bills-down/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759/iran-oil-crisis-is-rachel-reeves-doing-enough-to-keep-energy-bills-down.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
Rachel Reeves has vowed to support “those who need it most” if energy bills surge amid the Iran war - but is she already “boxed in”? In this week’s Talking Politics , Tom and Robert break down the Chancellor’s options and why Rachel Reeves is determined not to repeat the mistakes of Liz Truss. Could this spiral into a crisis on the scale of 2008? Robert gives his predictions for the long-term economic fallout of the conflict. Plus: why large bets placed just before Donald Trump’s peace talks announcement on Monday have triggered accusations of insider trading.