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Mar 31, 2023

Rishi Sunak came into Downing Street back in October with a huge mess to clear up after the disaster of Liz Truss and her mini budget.

After a week that has seen him secure his own Brexit Deal as, Boris Johnson struggled in front of a privileges committee over partygate, has he started to turn it around - can Rishi...


Mar 24, 2023

Three years ago this week, Boris Johnson announced a national lockdown to curb the spread of Coronavirus. But three years on, Covid and the impact of lockdowns continue to dominate our headlines. 

This week, Boris Johnson faced a Commons inquiry on whether he misled parliament over the notorious lockdown parties, and...


Mar 17, 2023

Gary Linker and the BBC have been dominating the headlines after the Match of the Day host was asked to step back from presenting after tweeting out criticism of the government’s language around refugees.

But what does this whole row mean for the BBC, and what does it say about the state of our media and its...


Mar 10, 2023

We were told to prepare for a “Winter of Discontent”, of strikes, rising prices, a coming recession with our economy set this year to shrink unlike all the rest. Even Russia was going to fare better than the UK.

But it has not been as bad as once feared - so what is going on?

In today’s episode, Business Reporter...


Mar 7, 2023

China wants to be the superpower of the 21st century, but does it want to provoke war or play peacemaker?

This week the country announced it was increasing military spending, and its newly installed foreign minister warned that if the US did not change course soon, there would be conflict.

But China also recently...