Tracking the virus before schools return
Boris Johnson’s government has been warned by the opposition that it has less than a month to fix the test, track and trace system to get pupils back into schools, while avoiding another coronavirus o...
8 Elo 202032min
Sajid Javid’s verdict on the Johnson government
In the latest from our summer interview series, former UK chancellor Sajid Javid joins Sebastian Payne for a discussion on whether the government has the right approach to getting the country's econom...
5 Elo 202033min
Lockdown tightens in the north
Prime Minister Boris Johnson put a brake on the reopening of parts of the UK, as cases of coronavirus began to surge again. Will these localised lockdowns work? Plus, we discuss the chaos over the int...
1 Elo 202030min
Russian meddling and Scottish independence
The long-awaited report on Russian interference in British politics was finally released this week. Although it is no smoking gun, what should Westminster do about this real threat? We also discuss th...
25 Heinä 202032min
Amber Rudd on why PM is getting it wrong on equality and Brexit
Former home secretary Amber Rudd finds the state of the Conservative party "devastating” and "embarrassing". In the second episode of a special interview series, she tells Sebastian Payne that Boris J...
22 Heinä 202031min
Downing Street vs the Conservative party
Number 10 found itself at odds with its own MPs this week, as its plan to install former minister Chris Grayling as chair of the intelligence committee backfired. With serious questions also raised ab...
18 Heinä 202031min
Sunak's snacks to save the economy
Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out a £30bn plan to save British jobs this week, with a big boost for pubs and restaurants, but will it be enough to stem the tide of unemployment? We delve into his summer ...
11 Heinä 202031min
Jeremy Hunt on the lessons of Covid-19
In the first episode of a special summer interview series, Sebastian Payne talks to Jeremy Hunt, former health secretary and chair of the health select committee, about why the UK was not better prepa...
8 Heinä 202028min
