Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSend provision and student loans: will Labour’s changes backfire?
As the dust settles on the government’s landmark changes to children’s special educational needs and disabilities provision, what will their impact r…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Major changes to the Send system - can the government win over MPs and parents?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the government’s long-awaited plans for the special educational needs and disabilities system. Can the controve…
1 month ago
Farage’s Fab Four: will Jenrick end Reform’s ‘one-man band’? – Politics Weekly
Reform UK has this week announced its ‘shadow cabinet’. But with a familiar cast of former Conservative ministers, can Nigel Farage shake off claims …
1 month ago
Blue Labour, ‘Manchesterism’ and Lords reform: your questions answered
What is Blue Labour? Can Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ be replicated elsewhere? And is the two-party system over in British politics? In a special e…
1 month, 1 week ago
Zombie Labour: Starmer staggers on
After a week when it seemed all but over for Keir Starmer, John, Pippa and Kiran unpack how the prime minister survived – and what it means for Labou…
1 month, 1 week ago
Starmer survives Sarwar’s putsch, for now
Keir Starmer’s future as prime minister suffered another major blow when the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, called for him to go. With the cabi…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Mandelson Scandal: has Starmer finally lost control? – Politics Weekly
As Starmer apologises for believing Mandelson’s ‘lies’, just how damaging will the latter’s links to Jeffrey Epstein be for the PM’s own reputation? …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Mandelson, Epstein and what Labour knew when
Peter Mandelson has resigned his Labour party membership after new details of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein came to light. But why did Labour…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
What happened when Starmer met Xi Jinping?
Keir Starmer held talks with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week and proclaimed Britain should have a more ‘sophisticated’ relationship with Chin…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Matt Goodwin becomes Reform UK candidate, and Esther Ghey on banning social media
Reform UK has announced Matt Goodwin as its candidate for the hotly anticipated Gorton and Denton byelection. John Harris and Kiran Stacey discuss hi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago