Why Feb 15 is a “key date” for the Covid battle; and our 5 star review of ‘Handforth Parish Council’
Health editor Ross Lydall joins us to explain how two major milestones in the fight against coronavirus are about to converge on a single day.1.5 million people from London’s most at risk groups shoul...
5 Feb 202113min
The Lockdown Sessions: Sadiq Khan on Covid and Mental Health
London Mayor Sadiq Khan tells us how the coronavirus pandemic has “exposed the institutional racism” in the city, with BAME communities hardest hit by the infection. In an interview with Ayesha Hazari...
4 Feb 202117min
Coronavirus: Why Asian communities were hardest hit in the second wave
London’s public health director, Professor Kevin Fenton, reveals the findings of his study into the spread of coronavirus in London through the pandemic so far. He’s discovered that the capital’s Asia...
3 Feb 202117min
What other Covid mutations are out there? And will Joe Biden curb ‘Big Tech’s’ power?
Political reporter Sophia Sleigh joins the podcast as scientists warn there may be other versions of coronavirus emerging. The Government’s former chief scientific adviser has said he is "more worried...
2 Feb 202112min
‘South Africa’ Covid found in London, and why the Met will continue “disproportionate” stop and search.
Political editor Joe Murphy’s back on the podcast as it’s revealed the more contagious ‘South Africa’ variant of coronavirus has been found in parts of London and Sussex. More than 100 cases have been...
1 Feb 202110min
Why the EU wants covid vaccine from the UK, and the GameStop saga explained
Our deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil joins us as the EU dramatically ramps up a vaccines row with demands jabs made in the UK are sent to them. It follows European Commission president Ursula vo...
29 Jan 202111min
The Inside story of Lockdown in Number 10
We’ve all struggled with being confined to our homes for the past year. But what has it been like for Carrie and Boris? Freddy Gray joins the podcast to talk about the inside scoops he picked up for h...
28 Jan 20217min
100,000 Covid deaths: How we got there
A special edition of the Leader looking at the decisions made by the government and others that have taken the UK past the 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths figure. Adapted from an Evening Standard a...
27 Jan 202110min
