AstraZeneca vaccine tribulations
The UK encountered the first bumps in its vaccine roll out programme, as the government warned supplies of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab would drop significantly in April. Why? How will this affect the l...
20 Mar 202131min
Harry and Meghan, and the government
The explosive TV interview the Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave this week raised major questions about the future of the monarchy, as well as tricky issues for Downing Street on how to handle the accus...
13 Mar 202130min
Sunak's spend now, tax later Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his second Budget this week, tearing up Conservative economic orthodoxy with billions of pounds of spending and tax rises. What state are the UK's public finances in? ...
6 Mar 202132min
UK Budget preview and Salmond vs Sturgeon
Rishi Sunak will deliver his second Budget next week, where the chancellor will set out a mission to put the UK's public finances on a sounder footing. Will he reveal rises in spending, tax or both? P...
27 Feb 202130min
Data, not dates, for easing lockdown
Boris Johnson made it clear this week that he will not rush into easing the nationwide lockdown - what will the UK prime minister set out in his road map next week? Will schools return and when will f...
20 Feb 202129min
Held in hotels and is Starmer stalling?
Hotel quarantine will finally be introduced to the UK next week, but can the logistics work? Will it stop new variants of the virus spreading - and are enough countries going to be included? Plus, we ...
13 Feb 202131min
Vaccine triumphs and the lockdown question
This week the UK faced the prospect of the emergence of new coronavirus mutations while surging past 10m vaccinations. Will this progress speed up the relaxation of the lockdown? What timetable is the...
6 Feb 202129min
A plan for exiting Covid lockdown
Boris Johnson set out how England will exit its nationwide lockdown this week, with schools set to reopen in early March but shops and other businesses due to come later. We speak to Mark Harper, chai...
30 Jan 202130min
