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Fears about the Omicron coronavirus variant
This week we dissect how much we know about the rising new variant and ask how worried we should be. Will we see much tighter restrictions imposed as…
4 years, 1 month ago
Tragedy in the English Channel
Twenty-seven asylum seekers drowned trying to reach Britain, highlighting the growing crisis of small boats. How can the issue be resolved and what d…
4 years, 1 month ago
Is Boris Johnson on the right track?
This week we delve into the plan for reshaping the UK’s railways. Is £100bn of investment the biggest change in a generation, or will it prove to be …
4 years, 1 month ago
‘I genuinely believe that the UK is not remotely a corrupt country’
This week we examine the row about outside interests for British MPs. Is it acceptable to be earning hundreds of thousands of pounds a year on top of…
4 years, 2 months ago
MPs distraught at being asked to offer support for change
This week we discuss the chaotic events surrounding the botched reform of the parliamentary standards committee. We look at why No 10 was so eager to…
4 years, 2 months ago
Delivering the autumn Budget
This week we examine the philosophy behind this year’s Budget and whether this is a marked change in how the Conservatives look at the economy. Polit…
4 years, 2 months ago
Budget day special
Rishi Sunak delivered his 2021 Budget that pledged to increase spending, cut taxes and burrow away money for saving too. Is it all things to all peop…
4 years, 2 months ago
Will the NHS face pressure over the winter?
This week we discuss the return of Covid to the news agenda and ask whether the government will implement its so-called Plan B of measures as infecti…
4 years, 2 months ago
A testy war of words breaks out in Whitehall
This edition of Payne’s Politics was recorded before the news of the death of Conservative MP Sir David Amess who died after being stabbed at his con…
4 years, 3 months ago
Why every day at Conservative conference is Johnson day
This week we analyse this year’s Conservative party conference. First, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech: how credible was it? Can low-skilled im…
4 years, 3 months ago