Is the Cabinet divide on Covid back?
The Guardian reported today that the Department of Health is considering offering a £500 isolation fee to encourage more people with symptoms to get tested. But the Treasury hit back fast saying that ...
22 Jan 202110min
Will the English lockdown last past Easter?
No 10 refused to rule out the possibility today, and the Health Secretary has also refused to be drawn on whether or not the vaccinating the most vulnerable would provide the roadmap out of lockdown. ...
21 Jan 202112min
Will Theresa May's intervention be the first of many?
Timed with the inauguration of Joe Biden, Theresa May has written an op-ed in the Daily Mail criticising her successor for his 'abandon of our global moral leadership'. Cindy Yu talks to Katy Balls an...
20 Jan 202117min
Are Tory sinosceptics the real opposition?
Today the Commons debates the 'genocide amendment' to the Trade Bill, which would allow judges to restrict the government's ability to sign trade deals with countries deemed guilty of genocide. It's a...
19 Jan 202114min
Why are the Tories split on universal credit?
The Commons will today see a debate over extending the universal credit uplift. While Thérèse Coffey, the work and pensions secretary, wants the weekly increase to remain, Rishi Sunak wants to replace...
18 Jan 202111min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 17/01/21
Isabel Hardman presents the highlights from the Sunday interview shows. Today's podcast features Dominic Raab, Sir Simon Stevens, James Comey, Jonathan Reynolds and Sir Ed Davey. Become a Spectator su...
17 Jan 202112min
Has the government reached a truce with the BBC?
The new chairman of the BBC has been announced. It's not Charles Moore, or Paul Dacre, but a low-profile former banker called Richard Sharp. On the podcast, Cindy Yu talks to James Forsyth and Katy Ba...
16 Jan 202112min
Is the government underpromising on the vaccine rollout?
A leaked Scottish government document suggested that all over-50s could be vaccinated by the end of March, and that UK has capacity to deliver 3.8 million jabs next week. Has the government been under...
15 Jan 202114min
