Rwanda and COVID: Rishi Sunak's toughest week yet
The prime minister has given his evidence to the COVID inquiry today, defending his Eat Out to Help Out scheme and telling of fears within the Treasury that the UK would not be able to fund the pandem...
11 Des 202320min
Funding the BBC – if not the licence fee then what?
The government has announced that in 2024 the BBC licence fee will rise by £10.50. The fee, which had been frozen at £159 two years ago, was expected to rise in line with inflation but Culture Secreta...
8 Des 202315min
'Unite or die': Why the Tories can't stop fighting
Rishi Sunak has told Conservatives to "unite or die" over his Rwanda migration bill. The prime minister's plan to send migrants to the African country, where their asylum claims would be processed, is...
7 Des 202321min
Boris Johnson at the COVID Inquiry: part one
The former prime minister, Boris Johnson, has given almost five hours of evidence to the COVID inquiry today.He began by apologising for the pain and suffering of victims and their families during the...
6 Des 202322min
Will the Tories' latest plans to cut legal migration work?
Home Secretary James Cleverly is having a busy third week in his new job, just as his approval ratings among Tory supporters collapse, according to polling by ConservativeHome. He's announced new rule...
5 Des 202322min
What happens to the families of sex offenders?
Police forces make more than 850 arrests a month for online child sex offences in England and Wales. The majority of suspects are men who can have families living with them at the time of the offence....
4 Des 202319min
Bonus: ClimateCast - COP28: Breakthrough at Dubai climate conference
The King has urged world leaders assembled in Dubai to make the COP28 climate summit a "critical turning point" in the fight to tackle global warming. And there has already been a breakthrough with we...
2 Des 202319min
Israel-Hamas war: What happens now the ceasefire is over?
It took just minutes for Israeli airstrikes to resume on Gaza after a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas ended. Israel's military resumed combat operations after accusing Hamas of violating the ...
1 Des 202313min
