The Week in Westminster

Feb 01 2025 4 ep. 28 mins 6.8k
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Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

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01/02/2025

Feb 01 2025 28 mins  
Caroline Wheeler from The Sunday Times assesses the latest developments at Westminster.Following Rachel Reeves' speech setting out a series of major announcements on infrastructure projects, including backing plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, Caroline speaks to Labour MP, Josh Simons and crossbench peer, Richard Harrington, who chairs the manufacturers organisation Made

25/01/2025

Jan 25 2025 28 mins  
George Parker of the Financial Times assesses the latest developments at Westminster Following the inauguration of Donald Trump George is joined by Sir Simon Fraser, the former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office and Chair of the Foreign Affairs think tank Chatham House, and Michael Gove, the former Conservative cabinet minister and now editor of the Spectator. They discuss t

18/01/2025

Jan 18 2025 28 mins  
The Telegraph's Ben Riley-Smith assesses the latest developments at Westminster.Following a ceasefire deal in Gaza and the Prime Minister's trip to Ukraine, Ben speaks to former Conservative Defence Secretary, Sir Ben Wallace, and the Labour peer, Baroness Ashton, formerly the EU's foreign policy chief, about how the imminent second Trump presidency is already shaping global geopol

11/01/2025

Jan 11 2025 28 mins  
Caroline Wheeler, political editor of The Sunday Times, assesses the latest developments at Westminster.To discuss whether there should be a national inquiry into grooming gangs, Caroline is joined by Labour MP Paul Waugh who represents Rochdale, and former Conservative MP Laura Farris, who served as Safeguarding Minister in Rishi Sunak's government. Following the announcement of t