Podcast Episodes

Assisted dying bill: What happened at Report Stage - Day one

Season 1 Episode 93

Is Kim Leadbeater's Assisted Dying Bill now "over the hump?" The Bill's supporters got it though its first day of Report Stage consideration in the House of Commons unscathed, with comfortable majori…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Spooks, the Ombudsman and the Royal Albert Hall

Season 1 Episode 92

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Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) – not a select committee, but a group of senior MPs and Peers…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Assisted dying bill – special series #11: A conversation with Kim Leadbeater MP

Season 1 Episode 91

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In this latest episode of our special mini-podcast series, we sit down with Kim Leadbeater MP, sponsor of the Termin…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Meet Parliament's human rights watchdog

Season 1 Episode 90

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As calls grow louder for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, we talk with Parliament’s i…

Published on 6 months ago

Assisted dying bill - special series #10: Understanding Report Stage

Season 1 Episode 89

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Having cleared detailed scrutiny in a Public Bill Committee, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill faces its n…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Should Parliament roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump?

Season 1 Episode 88

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After an extraordinary Saturday recall of Parliament to rush through emergency legislation aimed at saving the steel …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Whipping Yarns: A Chief Whip's tale

Season 1 Episode 87

In our latest ‘Whipping Yarn’, we talk with Simon Hart, former Conservative Chief Whip during Rishi Sunak’s Premiership. Hart opens up about his time in one of Westminster’s most demanding and discre…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

The sentencing guidelines row: A product of poor law-making?

Season 1 Episode 86

The Government has published “emergency legislation” — the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill — to block new guidelines coming into effect that single out differential treatment of eth…

Published on 7 months ago

Assisted dying bill - special series #9: Inside the Public Bill Committee

Season 1 Episode 85

In this ninth instalment of our special mini-podcast series, we continue to explore the latest developments in the progress of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, often referred to as the a…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Spring Statement: House of Commons tensions grow over the economy

Season 1 Episode 84

Political storm clouds are gathering over Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement. What does it mean for Parliament, party discipline and the Government’s economic credibility. We speak to Dr Mari…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago