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The OBR on the Budget leak & why they're always wrong
Tim Shipman sits down with Professor David Miles of the Office for Budget Responsibility the day after a Budget overshadowed by an extraordinary leak…
3 months ago
Rachel Reeves’s farcical Budget
As Budget days go, today was unprecedented. The complete list of measures announced by Rachel Reeves – along with their costings and economic impacts…
3 months ago
Why Reeves's smorgasbord Budget won't fix Britain
James Nation, managing director at Forefront Advisers, and Michael Simmons join James Heale to analyse what we know, one day ahead of the Budget. Jam…
3 months, 1 week ago
Britain's expensive energy problem – with Claire Coutinho
Britain has an energy problem – while we produce some of the cleanest in the world, it's also the most expensive, and that's the case for almost ever…
3 months, 1 week ago
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 23/11/2025
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
This week, Labour’s crucial budget is almost here, and Trump’s peace plan c…
3 months, 1 week ago
Why Britain needs more Yimbys
Chris Curtis and Maxwell Marlow may have different political ideologies, but they agree on one key diagnosis: Britain is broken. Their solution can b…
3 months, 1 week ago
Covid report: ‘a £200 million I told you so’
Yesterday we had the publication of the second module of the Covid Inquiry on the decision-making at the heart of government. It confirmed a toxic an…
3 months, 1 week ago
Is Labour turning blue?
While we wait for the findings of the Covid Inquiry into the decision-making during the pandemic, Shabana Mahmood has given a statement in the Common…
3 months, 1 week ago
Labour's 'dog whistle politics'
Neither Kemi Badenoch nor Keir Starmer performed very well at Prime Minister’s Questions: both fluffed their lines early on. Badenoch managed to sugg…
3 months, 1 week ago
Mahmood's right turn, as migration figures revised – again
Economics editor Michael Simmons and Yvette Cooper's former adviser Danny Shaw join Patrick Gibbons to react to the Home Secretary's plans for asylum…
3 months, 2 weeks ago