UK wages have risen at a faster pace than expected but inflation is still worryingly high. The Conservatives seem to be edging back towards austerity and Labour doesn’t want to offer ‘false hope’. Is the politics of hope dead? John Harris is joined by former Tory minister David Gauke and Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Liz Truss says she is prepared to be ‘unpopular’ to boost the UK’s economy, but who really benefits? The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by David Gauke, a former Conservative chief secretary to the Treasury, and Miatta Fahnbulleh, CEO of the New Economics Foundation, to discuss Truss’s vision for the country