The best of culture in 2022
A special Boxing Day episode hosted by Rachel Cunliffe, looking back at the best (and worst) of the year in culture. She is joined by Tom Gatti, the New Statesman’s executive editor for culture, Kate ...
26 Dec 202246min
Rishi Sunak could face more NHS strikes next year
It’s been an unprecedented week of strike action involving both nurses and ambulance workers – and the government still refuses to negotiate with NHS unions over pay. Anoosh Chakelian and Zoë Grünewal...
22 Dec 202235min
Why Love Actually has ruined politics, with Jonn Elledge
In a special festive edition of the New Statesman Podcast, NS columnist Jonn Elledge speaks to Rachel Cunliffe about the highs and lows of the year, how Love Actually messed up our politicians, and wh...
19 Dec 202230min
Are strike politics trickier for Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer?
Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland went on strike today for the first time in their history. With the UK facing “winter lockdown” following the latest wave of strikes and with inflation sti...
15 Dec 202236min
What politicians get wrong about immigration, with Sunder Katwala
After figures showed record net migration to the UK in 2022, is immigration still a toxic political issue? Freddie Hayward talks to Sunder Katwala, director of the think tank British Future, about how...
12 Dec 202221min
Are British prime ministers too powerful? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined
The writer, satirist and broadcaster Armando Iannucci returns to the New Statesman Podcast to co-host our third series of Westminster Reimagined. In six special episodes Iannucci explores parts of Bri...
9 Dec 202232min
Is Rishi Sunak’s authority starting to crumble? With Andrew Marr
Keir Starmer dubbed Rishi Sunak the “blancmange prime minister” – comparing him to a particularly weak and wobbly dessert – after he U-turned on new onshore wind farms and mandatory housing targets th...
8 Dec 202221min
Can Labour end “trickle-down” education?
Keir Starmer has used Winchester, the elite independent school Rishi Sunak attended, to attack the Tory party over tax benefits for private schools, saying it amounted to “trickle-down education”. Mea...
5 Dec 202220min
