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How Russia abuses Britain’s legal system, with the activist Vladimir Ashurkov
As the EU and UK debate further sanctions on Russia after evidence of massacres by Russian forces in Bucha, north of Kyiv, Ailbhe Rea speaks to the e…
3 years, 9 months ago
Has the Spring Statement deflated Rishi Sunak?
As the fallout from Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement continues, New Statesman Political Editor Andrew Marr joins Ailbhe Rea to discuss why it was recei…
3 years, 9 months ago
What is “Britishness” – and does it still matter? With Gary Younge, Jeremy Deller and Jason Cowley
This special episode of the New Statesman Podcast marks “A Dream of Britain”, the New Statesman’s latest issue. It is guest edited by Michael Sheen a…
3 years, 9 months ago
Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement shows he's still a high-tax Chancellor
Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement as the Office for Budget Responsibility warns the UK is about to face the bigg…
3 years, 9 months ago
Bonus episode: Michael Sheen on class, culture and Britishness
Ahead of his guest-edited issue of the New Statesman, the actor and campaigner Michael Sheen speaks to Anoosh Chakelian for a special episode of the …
3 years, 9 months ago
P&O Ferries uses "slave labour on the high seas", says Karl Turner MP
P&O Ferries caused outrage last week (17 March) when it sacked 800 crew members to replace them with “cheap agency workers from eastern Europe” overn…
3 years, 9 months ago
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's long fight for freedom
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been reunited with her family in Britain, having been imprisoned for years in Iran on charges of seeking to overthrow t…
3 years, 9 months ago
Priti Patel is "pulling up the drawbridge" for Ukrainian refugees, says Alf Dubs
As the government scrabbles its policy together for Ukrainian refugees, the Labour peer and refugee campaigner Alf Dubs tells Anoosh Chakelian that t…
3 years, 9 months ago
Sanctions and refugees: are UK ministers failing in their duties?
The owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, and leading industrialist Oleg Deripaska are among the seven wealthy and influential Russian ol…
3 years, 10 months ago
Are the UK’s Russia sanctions tough enough? With Bill Browder
As parliament rushes through the Economic Crime Bill in an attempt to toughen sanctions on Russian oligarchs, investor and anti-corruption campaigner…
3 years, 10 months ago