Budget week: Labour braced for backlash
It's Budget week (finally)! How this week goes will set the tone for Labour’s first year in office. It’s fair to say that expectations are relatively low – with the Prime Minister himself warning of ‘...
28 Loka 202412min
Should Britain pay reparations to Commonwealth countries?
This week, Keir Starmer has been in Samoa for a summit with delegations of the 56 nations which make up the Commonwealth. Between having to answer questions on Donald Trump and the budget, he has also...
26 Loka 202415min
Labour's 'working people' muddle
Who exactly are 'working people'? The Labour party's use of this phrase during the election raised questions over who they will really be levying taxes upon. With less than a week to go until the Budg...
25 Loka 202411min
How many Tories will defect to Reform?
After Nigel Farage's overture to Tory councillors to 'defect', one already has. Farage has also been on manoeuvres, piling on the criticism against Labour for its volunteers campaigning for the Democr...
24 Loka 202410min
Trump's crusade against Labour
Donald Trump has made the extraordinary move to file an official complaint against the British Labour party for their volunteers campaigning for the Democrats. On this episode, James Heale talks to Ka...
23 Loka 202416min
Michael Gove on prisons: Starmer is in the position of Bane
Another 1100 prisoners have been released today through the early-release scheme. How has this measure landed? With the news that former Conservative minister David Gauke will lead a review of prison ...
22 Loka 202414min
Does Streeting’s NHS plan amount to anything?
This morning, Health Secretary Wes Streeting launched the ‘biggest consultation in NHS history’ in a bid to get public input into how to save the UK’s flailing health service. The British public and c...
21 Loka 202412min
Labour budget: are we heading for austerity?
Labour’s first Budget in 14 years will be delivered at the end of the month. The Prime Minister and Chancellor have already been warning that the public isn’t going to like what’s in it. But how will ...
20 Loka 202423min
