Sajid Javid announces Conservatives spending plan – but where will the money come from?
Sajid Javid’s turning on the money tap, but where is he getting the cash? Associate editor Julian Glover explains why the Chancellor’s plans announced on Thursday will mean higher taxes in the long-ru...
7 Nov 201917min
General Election 2019: Boris bids to calm Conservative nerves after election launch day gaffes
The election campaigns have barely started and Boris Johnson is already having to deal with trouble in the conservatives. Our editorial explains, it’s a bad start for Boris. Political editor Joe Murph...
6 Nov 201912min
General Election 2019: Make your vote count; plus how Netflix, Apple and Disney are diversifying London’s TV
Not enough people are registering to vote for the upcoming UK General Election, which means marginal seats could be swung. We sit down with our home affairs editor Martin Bentham to discuss the import...
5 Nov 201910min
New Speaker of the House: what will John Bercow’s replacement need to succeed?
As a new speaker is installed to the House of Commons, we sit down with Ayesha Hazarika to talk about the important role they could play in one of the most turbulent times in UK politics. Mikhail Gorb...
4 Nov 201914min
Cannabis laws: why London Mayor Sadiq Khan agrees we need a new public debate
Sadiq Khan called for a rethink on cannabis laws and policing today, to cut violent street crime. This follows a report showing that 63 per cent of Londoners think the Class B drug should be legalised...
1 Nov 201916min
The Labour party languish in the General Election polls – does Jeremy Corbyn have what it takes to beat Boris Johnson?
It’s the 31st of October and we haven’t left the EU. But Boris Johnson is not ‘dead in a ditch’. In fact despite Brexit delays the Conservative government are still far ahead in the General Election p...
31 Okt 201916min
Election 2019: Brexit, anger and... Donald Trump?
At the start of the year we predicted that we’d end 2019 by heading to the polls. And that’s exactly what’s going to happen on December 12th. A “culture war, already simmering here in the UK, could ex...
30 Okt 201916min
Grenfell tower fire disaster: will there now be justice for victims?
The report into the Grenfell Tower fire has taken two years to prepare, and will be published in full tomorrow. The report will be dominated by one key finding: The London Fire Brigade’s lack of prepa...
29 Okt 201914min
