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Anoosh Chakelian and the New Statesman team bring you sharp reporting, clear analysis and thoughtful conversations to help you understand what’s really going on in Westminster and beyond.

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Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans split Labour

Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has unveiled a series of changes to the migration and asylum system. The plans, which have been trailed over the weekend, have been met with scorn from within the ...

17 Nov 202526min

Booker winner: Keir Starmer should read 'Flesh'

"If he feels talking about his favourite novel is politically disadvantageous, that's a sad state of affairs" - David Szalay on Keir Starmer's reading habits.--David Szalay is the winner of the 2025 B...

16 Nov 202521min

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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 202528min