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Why are we having fewer children?
Why are we having fewer children?

Birth rates are declining around the world.


Why? And what can - or should - be done?


Tom Gatti meets authors Madeleine Davis and Anastasia Berg, who h…

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Will Labour reconsider the Chagos deal?
Will Labour reconsider the Chagos deal?

Keir Starmer is stuck between the UN and Donald Trump.


Under pressure from the International Court, Labour are due to relinquish British ownership of …

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Rachel Reeves won't resign (yet) - here's why
Rachel Reeves won't resign (yet) - here's why

Rachel Reeves is under fire for her management of the country's finances.


With suggestions of an impending income tax raise, some have called for her…

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The ideological contradictions of Trump 2
The ideological contradictions of Trump 2

Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Elon Musk - what do these men have in common?


Just a few days from Donald Trump’s second inauguration as US President, hea…

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Could it be magic?: Inside Britain's boyband machine
Could it be magic?: Inside Britain's boyband machine

The 90's is often heralded as the era of Blur, Oasis, Pulp - but this decade belongs as much to boybands as it does to Britpop. But what was behind t…

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Could the government raise the top income tax rate?
Could the government raise the top income tax rate?

Would it be politically safe to go back on their promise not to raise income tax if the increase only affected high earners?, a listener writes in to…

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Elon Musk’s “outrageous” meddling in grooming gangs scandal
Elon Musk’s “outrageous” meddling in grooming gangs scandal

Can Elon Musk reshape British democracy?


The X-owning billionaire has waded into one of the darkest scandals in recent British history: the horrific r…

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The end of America's global dominance
The end of America's global dominance

Donald Trump is talking about the 'Gulf of America' but in reality the US is no where near as powerful as it once was.


Kate Lamble is joined by this w…

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Mackenzie Crook on talking to ghosts and playing skinny weirdos
Mackenzie Crook on talking to ghosts and playing skinny weirdos

Tom Gatti is joined by BAFTA award winning writer, director, and actor, Mackenzie Crook to discuss his acting career from The Office to Detectorists,…

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The New Statesman - trailer
The New Statesman - trailer

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