How to spend £200k on your (Downing Street) flat refurb
Features writer Katie Strick’s been looking at how the redecoration of 11 Downing Street by Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds reportedly hit the £200,000 mark.She reveals the costs of hiring one of Lon...
30 Huhti 20217min
Kate: 10 years of being a Royal
Evening Standard columnist, Anne McElvoy takes us through the changing role of the Duchess of Cambridge as we mark the 10th anniversary of her fairy tale wedding to Prince William. Has royal life turn...
29 Huhti 20217min
Why Boris Johnson’s flat refurbishment is being investigated
Our political editor Joe Murphy tells us why the Electoral Commission’s launched a “bombshell” investigation into the redecoration of 11 Downing Street. The watchdog says it’s “now satisfied that ther...
28 Huhti 20219min
Why is Boris Johnson so broke?
Susannah Butter joins the podcast to look at Boris Johnson’s finances. As the cost of the Prime Minister’s flat refurbishment comes under scrutiny - why can’t he afford to pay for it? We learn how the...
27 Huhti 20218min
Another anti-knife crime operation in London, will this one work?
Scotland Yard’s launching Operation Sceptre in another attempt to tackle London’s horrific knife crime problem.The Evening Standard’s John Dunne details how it will use technology, like knife detector...
26 Huhti 20218min
Who has the PM’s mobile number? And the countries you may be able to fly to this summer
Deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil discusses the Downing Street lobbying row that won’t go away. One of the government’s own ministers, Caroline Dinenage, revealed she doesn’t have Boris Johnson’s...
23 Huhti 202111min
London Mayor Election: A day of Battle Busses and Bunnyhops
The Evening Standard’s City Hall editor Ross Lydall joins the podcast with two weeks to go until London hits the ballot box for the mayoral election. He’s been speaking to both Sadiq Khan and Shaun Ba...
22 Huhti 202112min
The Queen’s 95th birthday: a unique occasion for the Royal family
The Queen has thanked people around the world for their “support and kindness” following the death of Prince Philip as she marked her first birthday without her “strength and stay”. In a statement the...
21 Huhti 20214min
