Behind UK’s controversial Illegal Migration Bill
Government accused of breaking international law as full details of its immigration bill are revealed – with UK likened to Russia and Belarus over small boat crossings plan.The Evening Standard’s Poli...
7 Mars 202312min
Social housing: Tackling ‘rogue landlords’
Social housing tenants are being urged to complain about shoddy and dangerous housing in a major new Government advertising campaign.Housing Secretary Michael Gove hopes it will encourage tenants to v...
6 Mars 202310min
Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Babbel)
Arne Schepker has been CEO of the language learning business Babbel since 2015. This is a bonus episode taken from our business podcast, How to be a CEO. To listen to the full episode click here.In th...
4 Mars 202310min
Semaglutide: The viral celebrity weight-loss drug
There’s always a new fad diet, fitness trend or alleged ‘quick fix’ and the latest one is called semaglutide - also known by brand names Ozempic and Wegovy.It’s an injection originally intended to be ...
3 Mars 202310min
Just for Laughs: Behind London’s newest comedy festival
Today Just for Laughs London, the capital’s newest annual comedy festival, starts its takeover of the O2 arena for four days. It’s the latest spin-off of the huge international event which was first f...
2 Mars 202310min
Teachers' strikes: will they pay off?
Around 200,000 teachers set to strike this week. Could teachers earn more working at a petrol station? Education Secretary Gillian Keegan calls strikes ‘unforgivable’. Do parents support the action? O...
1 Mars 202312min
Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland Brexit deal explained
What is different about this latest Northern Ireland Brexit deal? The ‘green’ and ‘red’ lanes for trade with Great Britain. Could this latest Brexit deal boost relations with the USA? The Evening Stan...
28 Feb 202311min
'Salad crisis' crunch talks & energy cap latest
Supermarket bosses meet with ministers for ‘emergency meeting’. Lidl becomes the latest store to ration vegetables. Salad crisis ‘not a one off event’. Professor Christopher Elliot from Queen’s Univer...
27 Feb 202312min
