£15bn: Is that the real cost of getting Generation Covid's education back on track?
Children are returning to school following the Easter break, following a long stretch of being taught at home. For some families, those lockdown kitchen classrooms became quite chaotic, and there are ...
20 Apr 20217min
Will London’s WFH boom be over by Christmas?
Are you among the legions of employees who have spent this pandemic year wedged in a spare bedroom or camped out with your laptop at the kitchen table? The Office for National Statistics kicks off thi...
19 Apr 20218min
Why Prince Philip’s funeral is “exactly what he wanted”
Prince Philip’s biographer, Philip Eade, joins the show to discuss the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral at Windsor Castle. He tells us the stripped back event is “exactly the sort of funeral he would have ...
16 Apr 20219min
What does London really think of Covid passports?
Health editor Ross Lydall explains the results of an exclusive poll for the Evening Standard showing London would support controversial Covid passports if they meant being able to go out again. Some 6...
15 Apr 20217min
How London’s fighting the South African Covid mutation
The Evening Standard’s health editor Ross Lydall explains what the South African variant of coronavirus is and how the capital’s battling to contain it. Residents in a “targeted area” within SE16 in S...
14 Apr 20216min
Who’s next in line for the Covid vaccine?
With over-50s and priority groups all offered the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the government is now rolling out the jab to other groups. Our deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil tells us wh...
13 Apr 20215min
London’s unlocking: What does it mean and where can you go?
Recorded in the beer gardens of Walthamstow’s Orford Road, this special edition of the Leader looks at the impact of lifting some lockdown restrictions on the hospitality industry. Chief food critic J...
12 Apr 202113min
Prince Philip: How he won the heart of the nation
The Evening Standard’s royal editor, Robert Jobson, joins the podcast to talk about the life and legacy of Prince Philip, who has died at the age of 99. Robert discusses the Duke of Edinburgh’s role i...
9 Apr 20218min
