The Week in Westminster

Nov 02 2024 4 ep. 28 mins 6.8k

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Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

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Nov 02 2024 28 mins

Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

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Oct 26 2024 29 mins

Jack Blanchard of Politico analyses the latest developments at Westminster.He speaks to former Labour Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, for his take on the Commonwealth summit and calls from some leaders for the UK to start meaningful dialogue on slavery reparations. As the Government launches a major consultation on reforming the NHS, Jack brings together two MPs with experience of w

19/10/2024

Oct 19 2024 27 mins

Pippa Crerar, political editor of the Guardian, is joined by a range of guests.To look ahead to the Budget on 30 October, she speaks to Labour MP and parliamentary aide to the Cabinet Office Torsten Bell and the shadow housing minister Baroness JoJo Penn.With the foreign secretary David Lammy heading to China this week, Labour peer, Helena Kennedy, who co-chairs the Inter-Parliamen

12/10/2024

Oct 12 2024 28 mins

George Parker of the Financial Times analyses the week's political developments at Westminster.In the week of Sir Keir Starmer's 100 days in Number Ten, the former deputy chief of staff to David Cameron, Baroness Kate Fall, and Tony Blair's former director of political operations, John McTernan, discuss the political fallout of the resignation of the Prime Minister's chief of staff