Review of the political year

As oil and gas prices spike due to the ongoing unrest in the Middle East, we are joined by Housing Secretary Steve Reed and ask him what the government will do to protect households from spiralling costs. Trevor also speaks to former International Development Secretary, Rory Stew ...  Show more

As Donald Trump calls for countries to join him in the war against Iran, we are joined by the Energy, Security and Net Zero Minister, Ed Miliband who explains what the government are doing to protect UK both at home and abroad. Trevor also speaks to former MI6 chief, Sir John Sca ...  Show more

Today, we look at some of the elections that are taking place around the globe in 2024!6 months after they discussed the future of democracy in 2024, Adam reunites with political scientist Ben Ansell for an update on the elections taking place this year. They discuss the US elect ...  Show more

The next 12 months will be an epic year for democracy. Half the world’s population will have the chance to vote. Lucy Fisher is joined by the FT’s editor Roula Khalaf and chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman to give a global perspective, while Political Fix regular ...

All the things we learnt from the undercover voters in the election. On this episode of Newscast, Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent Marianna Spring joins Adam to explain what we learnt from the undercover voters over the past few weeks. Using data from the National Ce ...  Show more

What closed-doors conversations led to the 2010 coalition? What were the coalition years like? How did it all go wrong for the Liberal Democrats in 2015? Rory and Alastair are joined by Nick Clegg to discuss all this and more. If you'd like to hear the second episode RIGHT NO ...  Show more