Podcast Episodes

International Women's Day special: The inside story of life as an MP

What it is really like to be an MP in 2026? How unusual is the life of a politician? How does power work in parliament? And how can MPs try to have a…

2 months ago

Trump vs Iran: Is the UK ready for war?

The Middle East is at war - but how does the conflict end and what role will the UK play? Sir Alex Younger, the former head of the Secret Intelligenc…

2 months ago

Will Rachel Reeves spring a forecast surprise?

Fire up the forecasts. Read up on the rules. Study the spending plans. And get ready for Rachel Reeves' big day in Parliament. Rupert Harrison, forme…

2 months, 1 week ago

All roads lead to Romeo

Antonia Romeo has been appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary and is the first woman to hold the post. So what can she do to turn the civil service, …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Resets and resignations: Starmer's worst week yet

Former Downing Street chief of staff Gavin Barwell joins the podcast to discuss another explosive week at the heart of government. 

On Sunday afterno…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Keir Starmer's Mandelson Scandal

The revelations about what contact Peter Mandelson had with Jeffrey Epstein, what the government knew, and what it did or is now doing about it is th…

3 months ago

Growth strategy pains, trains and regional deals

Of all its manifesto pledges, missions and milestones, Labour has been most keen to tell the public that it is ‘going for growth’. But does the gover…

3 months, 1 week ago

Starmer’s Trump diplomacy and Darren Jones’s fast fixes

In a week when Donald Trump has been escalating his threats to NATO member states over Greenland, Darren Jones was on the home front ensuring that th…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Wes Streeting’s government health-check

Drop the excuses culture. Stop complaining about civil servants. And just get it right the first time rather than repeatedly u-turning. Wes Streeting…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trumps Starmer’s New Year Plans

With US military strikes on Venezuela dominating headlines, Lawrence Freedman joins the podcast team to ask what Donald Trump's foreign plans mean fo…

3 months, 4 weeks ago