Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe NHS at 75: Unhappy Birthday? – Politics Weekly UK
The NHS turns 75 this week. But facing a staffing crisis, an ageing and unhealthy population, and increasingly poorer health outcomes for patients, w…
2 years, 8 months ago
Uxbridge, Johnson and the end of the Tory dream – Politics Weekly UK
Politics Weekly UK is on the byelection trail again, this time in Boris Johnson’s old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip. The Guardian’s John Harris …
2 years, 8 months ago
Frome’s byelection battle: head or heart?– Politics Weekly UK
This week, Politics Weekly UK is in Frome in the south-west of England before one of three confirmed byelections. Against a backdrop of high inflatio…
2 years, 9 months ago
Peerages and posh boys – Politics Weekly UK podcast
The Conservative party is not far from all-out war, from Rishi Sunak’s public criticism of Boris Johnson to Nadine Dorries decrying ‘posh boys’ for b…
2 years, 9 months ago
Starmer: hammering the left?– Politics Weekly UK podcast
Labour looks closer to power than it has been for the last decade, but as it nears the next election, some big tensions are starting to become clear.…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Covid inquiry vs the Cabinet Office – Politics Weekly UK
The legal tug of war between the Covid inquiry and the Cabinet Office continues this week. Gaby Hinsliff sits in for John Harris, and talks to the fo…
2 years, 9 months ago
Boris, Braverman and borders – Politics Weekly UK
Rishi Sunak is fighting fires this week as Boris Johnson and Suella Braverman steal the headlines. And as new net migration figures are released on T…
2 years, 10 months ago
NatCon: The Tories tilt to the right – Politics Weekly UK
Some of the big figures on the political right, including two cabinet ministers, have been speaking this week at the National Conservatism conference…
2 years, 10 months ago
Hung up on a hung parliament – Politics Weekly UK
Keir Starmer and Ed Davey have both refused to rule out forming a coalition between their parties at the next general election. Following disastrous …
2 years, 10 months ago
NHS strikes: the women taking back control – Politics Weekly UK
More than a million NHS workers will get a 5% pay rise after health unions accepted a government offer. But the Royal College of Nursing has rejected…
2 years, 10 months ago