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‘They believe the Labour lead is soft’: Tory MP on why Sunak called election despite huge poll deficit
We are joined by senior Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker and look ahead to the tactics likely to shape the Tory campaign to win re-election against the odds.
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Mikaela Loach on fighting the climate crisis through social justice and being a ‘soft Black girl’
Activist Mikaela Loach tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why we need to reframe our understanding of the climate crisis in order to tackle its root causes, and why only through “active hope” and collective action can we radically transform our world for the better, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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‘I think it’s very difficult for the CBI to survive’, says Baroness Wheatcroft
We were joined by Baroness Wheatcroft, who’s a former non executive director of Barclays Bank.
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Government reportedly consider softening Brexit with Swiss-style EU deal
That’s the claim in the Sunday Times which has prompted a denial from a cabinet minister.
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How the Queen’s soft power projected Britain around the world
The Commons Speaker is understood to have refused a request to allow a Chinese delegation to attend the Queen’s lying in state.
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Contaminated blood scandal ‘too often ignored by those in power’
Our Health and Social Care Editor Victoria Macdonald joins us from the newsroom.
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Rape survivors are often treated as suspects, says watchdog report
Rape survivors are often treated like suspects, according to a new report by the information watchdog – and asked to provide police with medical records, social services files and even hand over their phones.
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‘Often parents are the last to know’, bereaved father says universities must change mental health policies
Lee Fryatt’s son Daniel took his own life while studying at Bath Spa University three years ago.
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The Ukrainian refugees who end up in Russia – often not by choice
Since the war started in February, the world’s focus has been on refugees from Ukraine heading west.
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Tokyo Olympics: Best action often stuck behind paywall
Discovery’s £900 million rights deal allows the BBC to show just two live events at the same time.
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Paralympian Hannah Cockroft: Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme ‘life changing’
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme remains one of the Duke’s most enduring legacies. Its participants – mainly schoolchildren – take part in outdoor expeditions, learn new practical skills and volunteer in their communities. Since being founded in 1956, the scheme has seen over three million participants achieve awards in the UK. In the year…
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The often secret world of government special advisers
They work behind closed doors and they’re paid for by the taxpayer – to the tune of some £10 million in total, it turns out.
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‘She wants to be the type of vice-president that Joe Biden was to President Obama’ – Suzy Loftus, Kamala Harris’s friend
We spoke to Suzy Loftus, a former interim San Francisco District Attorney, and friend of US vice president-elect Kamala Harris. We asked her what her victory meant for her.
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‘Disabled children got extra funds under last Labour government’ – Shadow Minister Vicky Foxcroft
We speak to Vicky Foxcroft, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Disabled People.
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Johnson pledges to ‘build, build, build’, but is the money pledged as lofty as his ambitions?
The slogan is “build, build, build”. The plan is to spend £5 billion on infrastructure projects and to reform planning rules.