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Abolish landlords?

Is the Green Party Britain’s only viable left wing party? Amid other proposals, their conference voted to abolish landlords at the weekend.

Meanwhile Labour is tweaking the surveying process for house…

Published on 13 hours ago

October 7th changed the West forever

Two years ago, on October the 7th, 2023, Hamas militants committed a series of atrocities in southern Israel. 1,195 people were killed in the attacks. 251 people were taken hostage by Hamas, 47 remai…

Published on 1 day, 12 hours ago

Are we talking about Reform too much?

And what do Labour really want from digital ID cards?

Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Cunliffe to answer listener questions.

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Published on 3 days, 13 hours ago

Dispatch from the Manchester synagogue attack

Yesterday morning, on Yom Kippur - the holiest day in the Jewish calendar - worshippers were attacked outside a synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester.

Two Jewish men were killed, three remain in hospital…

Published on 4 days, 12 hours ago

Is a Starmer comeback on the cards?

Keir Starmer is polling as the UK’s most unpopular Prime Minister in history. But days after his conference speech, some are asking whether a Starmer comeback is on the cards. 

What would that look li…

Published on 5 days, 13 hours ago

Is anyone taking Trump's peace plans seriously?

Donald Trump says he has a plan to end the war in Gaza and bring eternal peace to the Middle East.

Will Lloyd is joined by Katie Stallard to discuss how Trump is pursuing diplomacy in his second term.…

Published on 6 days, 12 hours ago

Keir Starmer loves Britain the most

Keir Starmer is on a mission to reclaim British patriotism.

The prime minister has just finished his conference speech in Liverpool, addressing a hall full of delegates waving flags from England, Scot…

Published on 1 week ago

The spectre of Farage looms over Labour conference

The chancellor used her speech to define the Labour party in opposition to Reform and the Conservatives, and Shabana Mahmood the home secretary aimed to redefine patriotism in her speech, in hopes of…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Starmer has a lot to prove at Labour conference

The prime minister has described the opposition to Reform UK as “the fight of our times”, but a new poll has also found that Starmer has become the most unpopular PM on record. Meanwhile the spectre …

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Who does the Tony Blair Institute really work for?

Since 2021, billionaire Larry Ellison’s personal foundation has donated or pledged at least £257m to the Tony Blair Institute. 

This took the former PM’s think tank to a whole new level: it now has ov…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago