Podcast Episodes

Mutiny in the Labour Party

Labour hit its lowest-ever poll rating last week, coming fourth at just 17 per cent. Westminster is full of chatter about a leadership coup at the hands of Wes Streeting. And Labour MPs and governmen…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

Will world leaders ever fix climate change?

It's now "impossible" to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees. Can COP30 achieve anything material at all?

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Keir Starmer has been in Brazil ahead of COP30 - the world’s largest annual climate meeting …

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Crisis at the BBC

Yesterday evening, BBC director general Tim Davie resigned, as first reported in the New Statesman by our new political editor Ailbhe Rea, along with his head of news, Deborah Turness.

In the end, it …

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Has Labour let down millennials?

Has Labour let down Millennials? Are tax hikes on the horizon? And what would happen to the commonwealth if Britain dumped our King? 

Rachel Cunliffe joins Anoosh Chakelian to answer listener question…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Steve Reed's £7bn affordable housing fund | Exclusive interview

“The dream of home ownership is closed off to younger people today” - Steve Reed, Housing Secretary

Steve Reed exclusively tells the New Statesman about the seven billion pounds Labour are giving to t…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

What Labour must learn from Zohran Mamdani

Voters in New York City have elected a socialist, Muslim, 34-year old Mayor. Here's what Labour need to learn from Zohran Mamdani's campaign.

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Zohran Mamdani calls himself "Donald Trump's worst night…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Britain’s next maternity scandal

A four-month investigation with Channel 4 News reveals harrowing failings at one of Britain’s most prestigious hospitals.

Oli Dugmore speaks to the New Statesman's Investigations Editor, Hannah Barnes…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Huntingdon train attack: knife crime in suburbia

Is Britain becoming a country of mass violence?

On Saturday evening, a Doncaster to London train was forced to stop in Huntingdon after eleven people were injured in a stabbing spree. 

Anthony Williams…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

What's Farage's plan for the economy?

Today, Nigel Farage set out his updated vision for the UK economy.

At a speech and press conference in London, The Reform UK leader talked tax, immigration, welfare, Brexit and his days working in the…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Do we have too many leftist parties?

Is Build Baby Build doomed? Is Katie Lam running for leader? Where is Priti Patel? Can the UK really support 5 large leftist parties?

Luke O’Reilly joins Anoosh Chakelian to answer listener questions.…

Published on 3 weeks ago