Business

We spoke to Labour MP Darren Jones who chairs the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.

We speak to Katy Balls, the deputy political editor of The Spectator, and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika – who has been a political adviser to senior Labour Party politicians.

We speak to Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadim Prystaiko, and Tory MP Tobias Elwood – who is Chairman of the Commons Defence Committee.

Pristine lines of goose-stepping soldiers, gleaming military hardware, stirring music – and President Putin invoking the glorious past of the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany. 

It has been announced that the Queen will not attend the state opening of parliament tomorrow – with the Prince of Wales set to read the Queen’s statement on her behalf instead.

We spoke to Labour’s Emily Thornberry, Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales.

The convenience store chain McColl’s says it is to go into administration, putting the jobs of 16,000 workers at risk.

We’re joined by Kay Mellor – the screenwriter known for ‘Fat Friends’, ‘In the Club’ and ‘The Syndicate’. We also speak to David Elstein – a former independent producer of programmes for Channel 4 and Chief Executive of Channel 5.

In Westminster, the investigations into lockdown breaking parties continues to dominate with the Tory Co-Chairman, Oliver Dowden, insisting today that changing leader at this moment would not be in the national interest.

Jonathan Miller was in Thailand for Unreported World to meet a new generation of innovators tearing up the rule book. 

From holiday homes to luxury yachts, the wealth amassed by Russian oligarchs allied with Vladimir Putin is being seized by countries around the world as sanctions kick in.

Labour shortages and price rises triggered by Brexit and the pandemic could leave the British food and farming industry permanently damaged, MPs have warned.

Boris Johnson has admitted the number of children living in poverty is a problem that his government “has to fix”. 

The Queen has attended the special service of thanksgiving for the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey.

Joining Cathy iis Dave Innes, the Head of Economics at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which investigates and campaigns on poverty issues.