David Lammy's plan to stop Farage | Exclusive interview
The Deputy PM believes that Labour can beat the threat of the populist right, Nigel Farage and Reform. Lammy says that Labour can achieve this by tackling the cost of living crisis, uniting the centre...
31 Okt 202522min
England's most deprived areas revealed
Which are the most deprived neighbourhoods in England and how might this map onto voter intent?Anoosh Chakelian is joined by senior data journalist Ben Walker, to discuss what we can learn from the En...
30 Okt 202523min
Abolish the rotten monarchy
Another bad week for Prince Andrew. You could say the man hasn’t had a good week since 2011. Although, actually, he does live in a 30-bedroom mansion in Windsor and enjoyed a million quid a year from ...
29 Okt 202546min
Can Labour afford to raise taxes?
With the Autumn budget looming, the government has some tough decisions to make. Rachel Reeves has to find a predicted £30bn in extra revenue to meet her self-imposed fiscal rules.But as part of its m...
28 Okt 202524min
Should Labour sack Starmer to beat Reform?
The Caerphilly by-election proves Reform can be beaten. But is Keir Starmer the man to do it?Last week voters in Caerphilly confounded pundits by electing their first Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd ...
27 Okt 202525min
Two decades later, Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai returns
The youngest winner of the Booker Prize fell silent. Now she's back with a new novel.--With only her second novel The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai won the 2006 Booker Prize, the leading literary p...
25 Okt 202545min
The death of Welsh Labour
Is Welsh Labour dead?Plaid Cymru won a historic victory in the by-election, trouncing Labour who had been dominant for over 100 years.The "middle child" as Plaid's new MS describes them, also beat Ref...
24 Okt 202529min
Labour loses Caerphilly for first time in over 100 years
After 14 attempts, Lindsay Whittle has won the Caerphilly seat in South Wales for Plaid Cymru. Reform came in second with over a third of the vote, and Labour trailed in third with 11%. A devastating ...
24 Okt 202516min
