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The pros & cons of immigration, the main parties’ proposals, and how to tackle an influx of migrants. Madeleine Sumption, the Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford discusse...

3 Juli 202414min

This week in the run-up to election day, we’re taking a deeper look at three of the biggest issues for voters: taxes & the economy, immigration - and today, it’s the turn of the NHS. Strikes, waiting ...

2 Juli 202412min

The countdown to polling day is on, and in a special miniseries of the Standard podcast ahead of 4 July, we’re taking a deeper look at three of the hot topics on the 2024 general election campaign tra...

1 Juli 202410min

Episode 3 of A Week’s a Long Time in Westminster: Angry debates on both sides of the Atlantic, exclusive interviews with Rishi Sunak and Sir Ed Davey, a calamitous poll for the Tories, and the battle ...

28 Juni 202423min

Sir Ed Davey has appealed to voters in London and the commuter belt to “tear down the Blue Wall” on July 4.Evening Standard political editor Nicholas Cecil secured an exclusive interview with the Libe...

27 Juni 202412min

Feel like you’re going nowhere? That’s because London remains the most traffic-congested city in Europe and the third worst globally, according to an annual survey.Evening Standard transport editor Ro...

26 Juni 202414min

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has left London after agreeing a US plea deal that will see him plead guilty to a spying charge and go free.Assange was locked in a lengthy legal battle over his extra...

25 Juni 202412min

Polling day is nearly here - and the prime minister has set out sweeteners he hopes will woo Londoners to vote Conservative on 4 July, rather than backing Labour - or switching to Reform, the Liberal ...

24 Juni 202410min