Labour stuns Reform with Scottish win – Plus, Cypress Hill on Royal Albert Hall album
Today Labour’s Davy Russell narrowly defeated the SNP to win the by-election in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, with Reform coming a close third. The Standard’s chief political correspondent Rachae...
6 Jun 202516min
(In)Justice: Killer Privilege | Episode 1: Did You Hear About Alex?
Katja Faber is a former barrister and journalist who has lived through every parent’s worst nightmare—the death of her 23-year-old son, Alex Morgan. In our opening episode, Katja takes us back to 2014...
5 Jun 202537min
Millions more pensioners to get winter fuel payments in major U-turn
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has revealed what to expect in the upcoming spending review - including that winter fuel payments will be restored to some pensioners this year, in a government u-turn on the ...
4 Jun 202517min
Is Thames Water drowning in the deep?
Today the New York private equity firm KKR dramatically pulled out of a financial rescue plan for the heavily indebted Thames Water. Eleanor Shearer, a senior research fellow at the Common Wealth thin...
3 Jun 202514min
Will Keir Starmer’s defence review keep Britain safe?
The London Standard’s defence editor Robert Fox joins us to discuss the government’s newly released strategic defence review.And in part two, he explains the latest on peace talks in Istanbul followin...
2 Jun 202513min
Mystery surrounds a series of sinister red paint attacks...
Who is behind the red paint attacks both in and outside the capital? Journalist David James Smith reports on the latest, as Stella Creasy, MP for Walthamstow, urges the Met Police to treat the repeate...
30 Mai 202513min
What does Trump’s tariff blockage mean for the UK?
Ashok Kumar, an American associate professor of political economy at Birkbeck University, shares how the action of the US federal court has scuppered Trump’s tariff plans, and impacted global trade re...
29 Mai 202512min
Will London decriminalise cannabis?
As the Mayor of London urges the government to consider decriminalising possession of small amounts of cannabis, Steve Rolles, a senior policy analyst for Transform Drugs Policy Foundation, unpacks th...
28 Mai 202516min
