A weekly round-up and analysis of political developments in the UK Parliament. Presented by BBC Radio 4, the show covers debates, legislation, and key issues from Westminster, offering insight into the workings of British government.
Episodes
07/11/2026
After the Prime Minister opened the door to a formal apology for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, Caroline speaks to Labour MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan Reparations, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, and Jack Straw, who served as Foreign Secretary under Tony Blair.To discuss the Home Secretary's revised migration plans Caroline brings together the Conservative MP a
31/10/2026
George discusses Chancellor John Healey's first Budget with Sir Mel Stride, who served as Shadow Chancellor until just a few months ago and is a former Work and Pensions Secretary and the former Labour government minister Seema Malhotra, who is now a member of the Treasury Select Committee. Andy Burnham said that he is willing to reopen the debate about free movement as part of a wider "national c
24/10/2026
This week the government gave the go-ahead for developing Jackdaw, the North Sea gas field. To discuss this approval, Sonia is joined by Torcuil Crichton, Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, and Green MP Ellie Chowns, who is the party leader in Westminster. Sonia looks ahead to next week's budget with Labour peer Kitty Ussher who was a Treasury Minister in Gordon Brown’s government and Rupert Har
17/10/2026
Isabel debates the upcoming Budget with the chair of the Treasury Select Committee, Labour's Dame Meg Hillier and the former Conservative Treasury minister Dame Harriett Baldwin. Two veterans of previous attempts to reform the benefits system debate how it should be done now: the former Conservative Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith and Alex Zatman, who was a special adviser to Labour's Liz
