The News Agents

How far will Israel go in response to Hamas terrorism?

Keir Starmer was asked live on LBC how far he'd be prepared to see Israel go in response to Hamas.Would he support a blockade? A siege of Gaza? And that's where the questions get tough. Israel has the...

11 Loka 202341min

Starmer's speech: has he done enough to win a majority?

The News Agents at the Labour Party Conference: Day 2If Sir Keir Starmer was looking for a bit of sparkle today in his Leader's speech he shouldn’t have worried: it came to find him in the shape of a ...

10 Loka 202334min

This week on The News Agents USA: A power vacuum in Washington and chaos in the Middle East

Emily and Jon host a weekly podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes are available every Tuesday, on Global Player.Find the latest...

10 Loka 20231min

War in Israel, and an interview with Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves

The News Agents at the Labour Party Conference: Day 1The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves joins The News Agents following her speech in Liverpool.We discuss her plans to tax tech firms, her unwillingne...

9 Loka 202356min

Rishi Sunak’s Great British Train Robbery

In the biggest story of the past week - a flagship, important, party conference week for the Prime Minister, he announced the scrapping of the biggest infrastructure project in Britain in a decade. A ...

6 Loka 202349min

Sunak suffers a Tory backlash - but what will Labour do next?

The Tory conference is over, but the next one - Labour - looms large. What will Sir Keir Starmer do with the new look rail plans? Will they resurrect HS2 or get into line behind Sunak's plans? And whi...

5 Loka 202340min

Sunak's speech: Has he cost himself the next election?

Rishi Sunak was on his feet in a speech that was frankly too long. It ripped up HS2 and replaced it with a nebulous Northern Network pledge. It promised to rethink A levels and ban young people from s...

4 Loka 202334min