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  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    33 min listen
    Introducing: Hot Money

    The FT just launched a new podcast on porn, power and profit.

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    35 min listen
    Boris Johnson’s double by-election defeat

    The PM’s leadership is in question after the Conservatives lost two crucial by-elections

  • Saturday, 18 June, 2022
    33 min listen
    Boris Johnson’s Northern Ireland plan - is it just a bluff?

    Boris Johnson’s government unveiled plans this week to override the Brexit trade deal to address that contentious Northern Ireland protocol

  • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
    34 min listen
    Boris survives, but for how long?

    Exploring the prime minister’s near miss with his own MPs and where his premiership goes next

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    30 min listen
    The Queen's Jubilee: How Britain has changed since 1952

    Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her platinum jubilee this weekend, marking 70 years since she ascended to the throne

  • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
    28 min listen
    It’s definitely not a windfall tax!

    Rishi Sunak rushed forward a £15bn package of support for households with their energy bills, while jacking up taxes on business again

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    1 min listen
    Behind the Money is back!

    Behind the Money is back with all-new episodes!

  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    40 min listen
    Examining the fallout from the end of the police investigation

    Boris Johnson’s allies breathed a big sigh of relief as the Met Police closed their investigation into the partygate scandal with no more fines for the PM

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    35 min listen
    Double crisis: cost of living and Northern Ireland

    The state opening of the UK parliament took place this week, with the Prince of Wales delivering a Queen’s Speech aimed at resetting Boris Johnson’s government

  • Saturday, 7 May, 2022
    40 min listen
    Voters cast their opinions on the state of politics

    The Labour party scored some big London victories in this year’s local elections but only modest gains elsewhere in England

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
    35 min listen
    Too many rising prices, too much sleaze

    Boris Johnson seeks ways to fix the growing cost of living crisis ahead of next week’s local elections

  • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
    33 min listen
    Boris Johnson says sorry, sorry, sorry

    Prime minister apologises in the House of Commons but now faces a third probe into his conduct

  • Saturday, 16 April, 2022
    32 min listen
    Can Johnson and Sunak survive Partygate fines?

    Boris Johnson becomes the first prime minister to have been found to have committed a criminal offence while in office, after police issue a fine

  • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
    34 min listen
    Sunak's non-dom saga

    The chancellor faced harsh criticism this week for the non-dom tax status of his wife, as the UK’s cost of living crunch hit home

  • Saturday, 2 April, 2022
    39 min listen
    Partygate returns, but no energy strategy

    The first fines in the Partygate scandal have been issued by the Met police, but Boris Johnson dodged questions about whether his position was still at risk

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    40 min listen
    Spring Statement: Sunak misfires

    Measures to protect Britons from the cost of living crisis were criticised for not going anywhere near far enough

  • Saturday, 19 March, 2022
    35 min listen
    Nazanin returns and Spring Statement preview

    Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returned to the UK, bringing a spot of good news in an otherwise turbulent political week

  • Saturday, 12 March, 2022
    31 min listen
    The war in Ukraine: is the UK doing enough?

    MPs this week applauded Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's president, who urged the UK to do more to help his country, in an historic address to the House of Commons

  • Saturday, 5 March, 2022
    35 min listen
    Ukraine latest and tackling 'Londongrad'

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine became more brutal this week, with urban bombardment of civilians. We discuss what is likely to happen next and the west’s response

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    30 min listen
    Johnson sees blood on Putin's hands

    It's been a dark week for Europe as Russia invades Ukraine. Do the UK's sanctions go far enough and what sort of impact might the war have at home?

  • Saturday, 19 February, 2022
    28 min listen
    Why it is not new for progressive parties of the centre-left to work together

    While attention has focused on the unfolding drama in Ukraine, the Labour party and Liberal Democrats, behind the scenes, have been quietly carving up the map of the UK political battleground ahead of the next general election

  • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
    36 min listen
    Resetting the Boris Johnson government

    The prime minister completed a shuffle at Downing Street this week but the sacking of Met Police chief Cressida Dick by London’s mayor threw the investigation into 'partygate' into chaos

  • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
    34 min listen
    The net tightens for Boris Johnson

    The prime minister’s Downing Street operation collapsed this week after he was criticised by a longstanding aide for a slur he made about Sir Keir Starmer

  • Saturday, 29 January, 2022
    34 min listen
    The Met vs Sue Gray on ‘partygate’

    It’s been another turbulent week in the Partygate scandal. But Boris Johnson insisted that he would not censor or impede the investigation into lockdown parties

  • Saturday, 22 January, 2022
    30 min listen
    The hole Johnson digs for himself gets bigger

    The latest twists and turns in the ‘partygate’ drama this week as Conservative MPs threatened a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson

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