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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 202334min
This week on The News Agents USA: MCCARTHY SACKED: Why is the Republican Party eating itself alive?
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...
4 Okt 202353s
The Radicalisation of the Conservative Party
The News Agents at the Conservative Party Conference: Day 2What does Conservatism look like in 2023? At their party conference in Manchester this year, the right of the party are being very vocal abou...
3 Okt 202337min
One year on: Are the Tories still Liz Truss' party?
The News Agents at the Conservative Party Conference: Day 1The queue to see the former PM stretched right the way through the Midland Hotel in Manchester. And it wasn’t to see her apologise for the ch...
2 Okt 202337min
The News Agents Investigates: Hunting A People Smuggler
Northern France is full of the ghosts of British history. Today it haunts our present.The News Agents went undercover and spoke directly to a people smuggler - who traffics asylum seekers across the C...
30 Sep 202323min
