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Why don't politicians care about happiness? With Richard Layard and Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined
Thurrock is suffering major cuts to all its council services since it went effectively bankrupt last December, after hundreds of millions of pounds w…
2 years, 1 month ago
Is the NHS stuck on life support?
This discussion was recorded at the Cambridge Literary Festival in November 2023.
Anoosh Chakelian was joined by Isabel Hardman, assistant editor at …
2 years, 1 month ago
A week inside frantic Tory migration plans
This week it seems that the government have been doing anything and everything to tackle the high migration numbers, that means cracking down on both…
2 years, 1 month ago
"B*llocks": Boris Johnson at the Covid inquiry
Boris Johnson appeared "diminished" at the Covid inquiry - and still couldn't quite apologise properly.
Rachel Cunliffe, associate political editor fo…
2 years, 1 month ago
Is British democracy under threat? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined
Is democracy slipping away from us? How protected are we by our constitution? And do governments have the power to swiftly change this? In June, in f…
2 years, 1 month ago
The housing crash is just beginning
Housing in the UK has become increasingly unaffordable during the last two decades, buying a home is an unattainable prospect for many in the country…
2 years, 1 month ago
The most misleading phrases in political journalism | You Ask Us
Andrew Marr joins the team in the studio this week to answer listener questions.
John writes in to ask which often used misleading expressions in pol…
2 years, 1 month ago
Tories shaken by record high migration
Andrew Marr, political editor at the New Statesman, speaks to Freddie Hayward, political correspondent, about why the newly published figures on net …
2 years, 1 month ago
Can older workers fix the economy? | Sponsored
Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, nearly a million people aged 50-64 have left the workforce.
Other major economies have seen their employmen…
2 years, 1 month ago
How do Gen Z want to vote? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined
The writer, satirist and broadcaster Armando Iannucci returns to the New Statesman Podcast to co-host our fourth series of Westminster Reimagined.
In …
2 years, 1 month ago