Politics

Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Chancellor Rachel Reeves about the UK economy, austerity, the NHS and gifts to Labour cabinet members.

On this special edition of the Political Fourcast from Labour Conference in Liverpool, Krishna Guru-Murthy is joined by Labour’s Emily Thornberry and Katy Balls – the political editor of The Spectator.

Speaking to us from the Labour party conference in Liverpool is Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner became the latest to defend the right of politicians to accept hospitality and donations but said she could understand why people are ‘angry’.

We spoke to the leader of the house of commons, Lucy Powell, who declared more than £40,000 worth of gifts, ahead of Labour’s first party conference in power for fifteen years.

All week, Sir Keir Starmer has been under fire for freebies from donors.

That means pylons – across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. And the battle lines are  forming. To bury or not to bury, that is the question. Nobody wants to look out on pylons.

Channel 4 News has found that there are concerns over the flagship scheme, Pharmacy First.

We were joined by the chair of the Brook House Inquiry, Kate Eves.

It was a landmark public inquiry that exposed inhumane and degrading treatment, frequent misuse of force and explicit racism towards vulnerable asylum seekers in immigration detention centres. A year on from the Brook House inquiry, the government has only implemented one of the 33 recommendations made by its chair Kate Eves. While she’s now accusing…

We spoke to New York Times tech reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, who’ve written a book that goes behind the scenes of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, called Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter.

He said it was a joke, but that didn’t stop the White House from slamming Elon Musk as “irresponsible” for musing on X about why no one had tried to assassinate Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, after the attempt against Donald Trump.

We’re joined by Nick Bridge, the UK’s last climate envoy before the role was axed by Rishi Sunak, and new Green MP Ellie Chowns.

Climate change is now a more fundamental threat than terrorism or Vladimir Putin, according to the Foreign Secretary.

Ahead of his speech at the Lib Dem Conference, Cathy Newman speaks to the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey about how they’ll work with the government on issues like the NHS.