The Labour Budget: Don’t hold your breath

In this episode, the week ending 5 May 1924, Labour's first ever budget is unveiled, the merits of flogging, the Labour/Communist feud, paper money turns out to be even more dangerous than previously thought, German electioneering turns out to be duller than previously thought, even duller than previously thought, we find how much it costs to build a house and buy an Agatha Christie mystery and what happens if you rob a bank to pay for them.