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FactCheck: will a Trump trade deal lead to the privatisation of the NHS?
The NHS is always an emotionally charged subject, and FactCheck’s inbox is full of warnings from campaigners about a supposed threat to Britain’s public health system from across the Atlantic. Is there real cause for concern, or have the warnings been overcooked?
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Alastair Campbell: Labour need ‘clarity and leadership’ on Brexit ‘instead of Jeremy Corbyn trying to face both ways’
We’re joined by Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former Director of Communications and now a leading campaigner for a second Brexit referendum.
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‘Britain crying out for leadership’: Will the two big parties survive? | Politics: Where Next? podcast
Chris Wilkins, Theresa May’s former Head of Strategy at Number 10 and Matthew Taylor, Head of the Policy Unit for Tony Blair discuss whether the two big political parties are going to be able to survive the current political crisis.
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Alastair Campbell: ’This is going inexorably towards a referendum’
Tony Blair’s former communications chief, Alastair Campbell, discusses the way forward.
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Jonathan Powell on Brexit votes: ‘Death rattle of a regime that is falling’
We speak to two people who have years of experience of seeing the workings of government up close.
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Former Labour adviser Ayesha Hazarika on MP resignations: ‘This will help to reunify Tory party’
We are joined for a discussion on the implications of the MP resignations by Ayesha Hazarika, a former adviser to Ed Miliband, Times columnist Philip Collins, and Faiza Shaheen, a Labour prospective parliamentary candidate.
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Jonathan Powell: ‘The British political class has failed’
We spoke to two former Whitehall insiders about how the Brexit negotiations have been handled by Britain’s politicians and civil servants – Jonathan Powell and Jill Rutter.
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FactCheck: have the Conservatives “nurtured” the NHS?
Labour governments have tended to spend more on the health service than the Conservatives since 1979.
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FactCheck: Theresa May’s claims about Labour and the Conservatives
“The deficit is down by four-fifths” This is similar to a claim Theresa May made in 2017, when she said that since the Conservatives took office in 2010, “the deficit [had] fallen by three quarters as a share of GDP.” In her speech this week, the Prime Minister wasn’t quite so specific, but we’ll assume…
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May demands respect after EU rejects her Brexit plan
Tonight the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, responded to Theresa May saying “a compromise is still possible”. That followed the broadside from Theresa May this afternoon demanding respect, explanations for why her plan isn’t acceptable or a better idea. Otherwise it’s no deal. No wonder the pound fell instantly. We speak to Conservative MPs…
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Mark Fairhurst, POA: ‘75% of prisons are unsafe’
Lord Falconer, who served in Tony Blair’s cabinet until being appointed the country’s first justice secretary in 2007, Mark Fairhurst, national chairman of the Prisoners Officers’ Association, and Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, discuss the state of prisons.
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Labour MPs who lose no confidence votes vow not to quit
A Labour MP has told Channel 4 News she was “targeted” by activists for her support of Israel, after a vote of no confidence defeat among local members.
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Len McCluskey: Jewish leaders ‘dragging out’ Labour anti-Semitism row
Union boss Len McCluskey has accused Jewish community leaders of deliberately dragging out Labour’s anti-Semitism row – and claimed “Blairite” MPs were using the issue to try and split the party. Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn’s team have made a formal complaint about seven newspapers, including the Daily Mail, for their coverage of his decision to lay a wreath…
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Series 1, Episode 9: Michael Sheen
When I present Channel 4 News, in-depth analysis and great journalism come together to explain the events of the day. But this new podcast wants to help you go much deeper and discuss answers, not just problems. Each week, I’ll speak to one guest, at length, who will hopefully have some answers – without having to…
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A year to go before Brexit
With a year to go until Brexit happens, Theresa May has spent the day on a tour of all four nations of the UK. She said she was listening to people’s hopes for the country after we leave the EU. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said he hoped that day would never come – and…