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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
Shabana Mahmood vs the asylum system
This afternoon, the Home Secretary will set out in the House of Commons her proposed reforms to the asylum system. The headline changes proposed by S…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 16/11/2025
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
Labour are set to announce a raft of new measures to fix an asylum system th…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Why are so many prisoners accidentally released? With H.M. Chief Inspector of Prisons
Britain’s prisons are a legislative problem that has beset successive governments. New revelations show 91 accidental early releases in just six mont…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What is going on in the Treasury!?
With less than a fortnight to go until the Budget, it seems Rachel Reeves has performed an almighty U-turn. At the beginning of the week, the establi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Politics vs economics: which is Labour worst at?
It’s been another bruising week for the British economy. New GDP figures reveal that growth has almost flatlined, inching up by just 0.1 per cent bet…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Wes for PM?
Conspiracy or cock-up? Westminster is abuzz after what appears to be a plan to decapitate Wes Streeting has spectacularly backfired. A flurry of late…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Labour's vibes are all wrong
With two weeks until her Budget, Rachel Reeves has received more bad news: unemployment is now at its highest level since the pandemic. With the Chan…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What now for the BBC?
It seems that the BBC is once again setting the news agenda – via tales of its own incompetence. The Corporation has spent days battling accusations …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 09/11/2025
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
On Remembrance Sunday, Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton says …
3 months, 3 weeks ago