The price of Shein’s fast fashion and what’s gone wrong for Rachel Reeves?

What should politicians do about allegations of poor treatment for workers at Shein’s factories in China? Will Keir Starmer back the chancellor amid the UK’s economic woes? And is allowing supervised drug use the solution to Scotland’s drug death crisis?Giles Whittell is joined by Tortoise’s Cat Neilan, Patricia Clarke and Stephen Armstrong as they battle it out to see who can pitch the top story of the day.**Get tickets for our next News Meeting live on Wednesday 29th January here: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/our-events/the-news-meeting-live/book To read Laura Bicker’s BBC investigation into Shein click here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrylgvr77jo To vote for Cat Neilan’s episode of the Slow Newcast Frank Hester: Tory Northern Diamond has been shortlisted for Scoop of the Year at the inaugural iNHouse Communication’s Political Podcast Awards 2025 https://politicalpodcastawards.co.uk/the-peoples-choice-award/ Guests:Patricia Clarke, reporter at TortoiseCat Neilan, political editor at TortoiseStephen Armstrong, reporter at TortoiseHost: Giles Whittell, deputy editor at TortoiseEmail: [email protected]: Casey MagloireExecutive producer: Rebecca Moore  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.