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Beth is in Helsinki with the Prime Minister for an exclusive interview for the podcast.Keir Starmer has said he "hates the fact" that he made a "mistake" over the appointment of Peter Mandelson."I dwell on it. I beat myself up about it," he told Beth, who is accompanying him on a ...  Show more

Angela Rayner has stepped back in the spotlight this week and straight into controversy.Her blunt intervention - warning the government is running out of time, criticising its record on “change” and calling parts of Labour’s immigration policy “un-British” - has sparked a big que ...  Show more

Jess Phillips was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Lucy Powell, then Shadow Education Secretary, in September 2015 and In September 2016, she was elected chair of the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party (WPLP). Iain and Jess discuss the politics, her aspirations ...  Show more

Rachel Reeves' first statement as the new Chancellor has kicked off a huge political row. She accused her predecessor Jeremy Hunt of lying about the 'true state' of the UK's finances - and he hit back calling her ‘shameless’. So was there actually a ‘cover up’ by the previous ...

In 2019, Boris Johnson’s Conservatives upended decades’ of traditional voting behaviour, as lifelong Labour seats in the north and midlands fell to the Tories. But with Brexit delivered and Johnson gone, the Tories are being challenged from the right by a resurgent Reform, as ...

The spotlight was back on the assisted dying bill this week after it was revealed that the requirement for a high court judge to decide on cases was to be scrapped. Those in favour of assisted dying say the change will make it safer, but does it undermine trust in the bill? Gaby ...  Show more