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Introducing: Political Dividends
Political Dividends is a new weekly podcast from Bloomberg News that takes you inside the halls of Westminster. Each week, hosts Ailbhe Rea and Alex Wickham bring you sharp analysis and exclusive rep…
Published on 9 hours ago
Final Episode: Inside The Mandelson Scoop
The UK's Prime Minister is facing growing questions over what he knew about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffery Epstein when he appointed him as Ambassador to the US. Keir Starmer fired him a…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
Damage Control: Ethics & Tax Threaten Labour's Autumn Plans
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has ended Westminster's summer holidays with a bang. Her admission she underpaid taxes on a property purchase has abruptly torpedoed the government's plans for a r…
Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Reform Means Business: Farage And His Party Lure Lobbyists
More lobbyists than ever before plan to attend Reform UK’s annual conference next week in a sign corporate Britain is increasingly taking Nigel Farage’s small parliamentary party seriously as an elec…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Labour's Next Tests: Can AI Fix Everything?
Labour and the Conservatives have both set sky-high ambitions for what artificial intelligence can do for public services and the economy. But are those goals realistic, and will they come quickly en…
Published on 1 month ago
Labour's Next Tests: Thames Under Water
Record levels of pollution have been reported in Britain's water supplies at a time when household bills are skyrocketing. The largest company in the sector, Thames Water, is on the brink of collapse…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Labour's Next Tests: Crime & Perception
Politics is about perception, and while the most serious crimes have been trending downwards, the British public are concerned about the prevalence of theft and fraud. So how can Labour follow throug…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Labour's Next Tests: How to Fund Special Needs Education
The UK Parliament is on recess for the summer break. The Labour Party, in particular, may be reflecting on a year that saw them go from a landslide election victory to declining popularity. While Par…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
India Deal: Starmer Says Trade Pact Puts UK Back on 'World Stage'
Keir Starmer has signed the UK's biggest trade deal since Brexit, sealing an agreement with India's Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister has succeeded where predecessors Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson fa…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Into The Breach: The UK's Secret Data Leak
The dramatic revelation of a massive and expensive data breach has blindsided Westminster. It's the first time that a superinjunction, which stops media reporting, has been used by the government. We…
Published on 2 months ago