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Our weekly podcast from Politics Home discussing all the ups and downs in Westminster. Please subscribe and share - and keep up with all the latest news on PoliticsHome.com. Got a question for the team? news@politicshome.com.
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Barry Gardiner, Labour MP and member of the newly-created Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, Pete Chalkley, director of think tank the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, and Luke Murphy, head of the Environmental Justice Commission at the Institute for Public Policy Research, join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss how well the government is getting on with its target of hitting net zero by 2050, as well as Labour’s updated energy plans.
Amy Leversidge, Assistant General Secretary of civil servants’ union the FDA, Institute for Government senior fellow and former Department for Education advisor Sam Freedman, and Civil Service World deputy editor Beckie Smith join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss the latest flare-up of the government’s ongoing war with its own officials in the civil service.
Veteran political journalist Michael Crick, who runs the @tomorrowsmps twitter account, Luke Akehurst, a member of Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee, and Jackson Ng, a former Conservative parliamentary candidate in 2015 and 2017, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the secretive process political parties use to select their candidates who will run to be MPs at the next general election.
Seven months on from Liz Truss’s exit from Downing Street, Tory MP Ranil Jayawardena, who served as Environment Secretary in her Cabinet, Rohan Watt, who wrote her manifesto and worked in her No 10 policy unit, and Dr Catherine Haddon, programme director at the Institute for Government think tank, join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss the former Prime Minister’s complicated legacy, and what her role is now. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver
Bob Seely, Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight, John Myers, co-founder of the London YIMBY housing campaign, Dan Tomlinson, Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Chipping Barnet, PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst discuss the housebuilding crisis that looks set to define debate in the next election.
Conservative MP James Sunderland and deputy editor of ConservativeHome, Henry Hill, join Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty from PoliticsHome to discuss the fallout from the local elections where the Tories lost over 1,000 councillors and whether Rishi Sunak can turn his party’s fortunes around before next year’s general election. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver
A tale of two palaces

A tale of two palaces

2023-05-0432:22

Marking King Charles's coronation, PoliticsHome explores the relationship between two palaces: Buckingham and Westminster. Downing Street researcher in residence Dr Michelle Clement, History of Parliament research project’s Dr Robin Eagles, UCL Constitution Unit’s Bob Morris, and Kris Hopkins, a former Tory MP who served as Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household in the government whips office join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst.  Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver
Six months of Sunak

Six months of Sunak

2023-04-2831:42

Conservative MP for Mansfield Ben Bradley, director of pollsters JL Partners Scarlett Maguire, and former political communications adviser Laura Dunn join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to review how Rishi Sunak is getting on with his five pledges for government as he marks six months in the job as Prime Minister. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver
Health and social care select committee chair and Conservative MP Steve Brine, and Liberal Democrats health spokesperson and deputy leader Daisy Cooper join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss the ongoing impact of NHS strikes and how the government must tackle funding woes. 
Citizens Advice head of policy Morgan Wild, Which? head of strategic insight Katie Alpin and Cornwall Insight senior consultant Kate Mulvany join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the latest looming energy bill crisis and how it will impact people as the government's support changes. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver
Discussing Boris Johnson’s evidence on what he knew about lockdown parties, presented to the Privileges Committee this week, Tory peer and a former deputy mayor under Johnson, Lord Stephen Greenhalgh and the Conservative MP for Buckingham Greg Smith, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Nadine Batchelor-Hunt. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver
Economic experts including Senior Research Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies Ben Zaranko, Tory MP and chair of the Treasury Select Committee Harriet Baldwin, Conservative Growth Group MP Kevin Foster and Labour's shadow international trade secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst for a deep dive into Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget, and whether it can create the growth he promises.  Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver
Claire Hanna, SDLP MP for Belfast South, and Labour peer Baroness Angela Smith, Shadow Leader in the House of Lords and a party spokesperson on Northern Ireland, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne to discuss whether Rishi Sunak’s reform of the Northern Ireland protocol will be enough to break the deadlock and get the power-sharing executive back up and running at Stormont. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver
Conservative MP Mark Logan, vice-chair of the All-Party-Parliamentary-Group on China, and Chris Cash, director of the China Research Group, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Zoe Crowther to discuss the UK’s relationship with China, and whether the government is getting its policy right towards Beijing on TikTok, investment and foreign policy. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver 
Kate Nicholls, CEO of UK Hospitality, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols and Ellie Hudspith from CAMRA join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst at The Feathers pub in Westminster to discuss how to save pubs from the “perfect storm” facing the industry post-Covid, and what support they need from the Treasury in next month’s Budget to stop more calling last orders.
Nicky Morgan, Conservative former culture secretary and peer, and Labour’s Lord Wilf Stevenson, a shadow spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport and Dr Michael Veale, Associate Professor of Digital Rights and Regulation at University College London, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the government’s ongoing attempts to use the Online Safety Bill to take on big tech companies and safeguard people on the internet.
Labour peer and Shadow Cabinet minister Baroness Jenny Chapman and Sir Jonathan Jones KC, the government’s former top lawyer, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne to discuss the implications of the government’s controversial plans to scrap thousands of EU laws by the end of 2023. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced for Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver
Prospect union general secretary Mike Clancy, GMB union national secretary Andy Prendergast and Conservative MP Vicky Ford join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss the deep strike deadlock between government and unions, as nurses stage their second wave of walkouts, the ambulance service announce six more strikes, and 100,000 civil servants prepare for a major day of action on 1 February, all over over pay and conditions. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver 
Andrea Leadsom, a former Cabinet minister and government adviser on early years, and Next Gen Tories co-founder Matthew McPherson join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty to discuss how reforming expensive childcare is shaping up to be a major political bargaining chip and could be the key to the Tories winning back younger voters at the next election. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver.
Will last year's political chaos finally let up? Unlikely. PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne are joined by The Sun's Natasha Clarke to discuss the hurdles that could lead to Rishi Sunak's undoing, including Labour's tenacious poll lead, the small boast crisis, soaring cost of living, bickering backbenchers and the ever-present ghost of Boris Johnson.  Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver 
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