What Wes Streeting should do next
We share our strategy advice for the Labour rebels allegedly trying to oust Keir Starmer.Ailbhe Rea and Luke O'Reilly join Rachel Cunliffe to answer listener questions. In this episode:What's the best...
15 Marras 202518min
Why is Rachel Reeves U-turning on income tax?
After weeks of preparing to break their manifesto pledge, Starmer and Reeves have ditched their plans to raise income tax. They’re scared it would have angered their MPs and voters, amid a dire perfor...
14 Marras 202528min
There’s no “fundamental institutional bias” at the BBC | Lewis Goodall interview
The BBC is still reeling from the dramatic resignation announcement of its director general Tim Davie on Sunday.Rachel Cunliffe gets Lewis Goodall’s insider perspective, drawing on his time working on...
13 Marras 202534min
Mutiny in the Labour Party
Labour hit its lowest-ever poll rating last week, coming fourth at just 17 per cent. Westminster is full of chatter about a leadership coup at the hands of Wes Streeting. And Labour MPs and government...
12 Marras 202534min
Will world leaders ever fix climate change?
It's now "impossible" to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees. Can COP30 achieve anything material at all?--Keir Starmer has been in Brazil ahead of COP30 - the world’s largest annual climate meeting -...
11 Marras 202536min
Crisis at the BBC
Yesterday evening, BBC director general Tim Davie resigned, as first reported in the New Statesman by our new political editor Ailbhe Rea, along with his head of news, Deborah Turness.In the end, it c...
10 Marras 202528min
Has Labour let down millennials?
Has Labour let down Millennials? Are tax hikes on the horizon? And what would happen to the commonwealth if Britain dumped our King? Rachel Cunliffe joins Anoosh Chakelian to answer listener questions...
8 Marras 202525min
Steve Reed's £7bn affordable housing fund | Exclusive interview
“The dream of home ownership is closed off to younger people today” - Steve Reed, Housing SecretarySteve Reed exclusively tells the New Statesman about the seven billion pounds Labour are giving to th...
7 Marras 202529min
