Ed Davey on the Lib Dem’s radical reform agenda
In the latest from our summer interview series, Sebastian Payne talks to Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leadership candidate, about why he thinks the party’s “radical reforming agenda” can win over voters...
19 Aug 202028min
Weighing the cost of a historic recession
The UK is in its deepest recession on record, official data showed this week. Not only does Britain have the worst coronavirus death toll in Europe, but the economy has been harder hit than any other ...
15 Aug 202024min
Tracking the virus before schools return
Boris Johnson’s government has been warned by the opposition that it has less than a month to fix the test, track and trace system to get pupils back into schools, while avoiding another coronavirus o...
8 Aug 202032min
Sajid Javid’s verdict on the Johnson government
In the latest from our summer interview series, former UK chancellor Sajid Javid joins Sebastian Payne for a discussion on whether the government has the right approach to getting the country's econom...
5 Aug 202033min
Lockdown tightens in the north
Prime Minister Boris Johnson put a brake on the reopening of parts of the UK, as cases of coronavirus began to surge again. Will these localised lockdowns work? Plus, we discuss the chaos over the int...
1 Aug 202030min
Russian meddling and Scottish independence
The long-awaited report on Russian interference in British politics was finally released this week. Although it is no smoking gun, what should Westminster do about this real threat? We also discuss th...
25 Juli 202032min
Amber Rudd on why PM is getting it wrong on equality and Brexit
Former home secretary Amber Rudd finds the state of the Conservative party "devastating” and "embarrassing". In the second episode of a special interview series, she tells Sebastian Payne that Boris J...
22 Juli 202031min
Downing Street vs the Conservative party
Number 10 found itself at odds with its own MPs this week, as its plan to install former minister Chris Grayling as chair of the intelligence committee backfired. With serious questions also raised ab...
18 Juli 202031min
