Podcast Episodes

Starmer on standby

Will he? Won’t he? President Donald Trump has given little indication as to whether America will join in the conflict between Israel and Iran. So where does this leave the UK and its assets in the re…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Reeves sets Labour’s course – but what will it deliver?

Labour’s long-awaited spending review dropped this week. Rachel Reeves unveiled funding settlements for government departments – and a newly upbeat tone after the gloomy promise of hard times in her …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Facing down a fiscal firestorm

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has had an action-packed week. She made a U-turn on winter fuel payments, announced plans to spend billions of pounds on new transport schemes and, following the prime min…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Coming soon: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange

In a special six-part series of The Economics Show, Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman discuss the economic events reshaping the world i…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Who’s afraid of Nigel Farage?

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Reform party leader Nigel Farage clashed on economic issues this week. Farage said his party was the champion of the working class, while Starmer warned Farage’s propo…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Is Labour’s post-Brexit reset a victory or a betrayal?

The UK and EU announced a historic deal to ‘reset’ their relationship this week. Keir Starmer called the deal a “win-win”, while a “gobsmacked” Kemi Badenoch labelled it a “surrender”. Who’s right? H…

Published on 3 months ago

Labour's immigration crackdown

It’s been another turbulent week for Labour after Keir Starmer announced a crackdown on legal migration. The prime minister gave what has since become a controversial speech suggesting the UK is at r…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Ask Political Fix: Trade, tax and leftwing pacts

Our first Q&A special episode is finally here! You sent in questions, now our panel answers them. Is the UK-US trade deal worth the paper it’s signed on? Could the UK benefit from a brain drain from …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Local elections special: end of the two-party duopoly?

This week, we’ve seen Reform UK trounce Labour and the Conservatives across England in local elections. 

Nigel Farage’s party has secured a fifth MP, clinched two mayorships and seized control of at l…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Reform on the march? Our local elections guide

Ahead of England’s local elections next week, the Political Fix team pick the races to watch and what’s at stake for the main parties, as voters head to the polls to elect 1,600-odd councillors, six …

Published on 4 months ago