Labour

Will Labour’s first budget in 14 years deliver growth and fix public services, or just hit businesses with a £40bn tax raid? Krishnan Guru-Murthy crunches the numbers with economists and politicians.

After criticism over ‘freebies’, did Keir Starmer fire up Labour conference with his ‘change’ message? Cathy Newman asks the Leader of the Lords Angela Smith and the nursing union boss Nicola Ranger.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and guests analyse Rachel Reeves’s speech in this episode of The Political Fourcast live from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.

Who is being wooed this election and who is being ditched? Young people? Diane Abbott? Krishnan Guru-Murthy asks Labour’s Meg Hillier, Tory peer Jo Johnson and Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper.

Why did Rishi Sunak really call a snap general election? And can he defy the polls? Krishnan Guru-Murthy quizzes the Conservative’s Dehenna Davison, Labour’s Ben Bradshaw and pollster Luke Tryl.

A pledge card or a culture war? Krishnan Guru-Murthy discusses election strategies with Conservative Equalities Committee Chair Caroline Nokes and former Labour Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw.

As another Tory MP defects to Labour, former Conservative cabinet minister Justine Greening and the SNP’s Mhairi Black join Matt Frei and Gary Gibbon for the inside take on political break-ups.

Economist Joseph Stiglitz tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why more government intervention is desirable, whether campus protests in the US are going “over the line” and why stalling living standards “create a fertile field” for demagogues like Donald Trump, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

As another scandal engulfs parliament, the SNP’s Mhairi Black and former Education Secretary Justine Greening join Matt Frei and Paul McNamara to discuss Westminster’s toxic culture.

In this episode of The Political Fourcast, Nicky Morgan and Charlie Falconer join Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss how the war in Gaza could change the political fortunes of UK parties.

In the Political Fourcast, Lord Jo Johnson and MP Margaret Hodge join Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Gary Gibbon to discuss planes and plots as Rishi Sunak tries to get asylum-seeker flights in the air.

In Liverpool Sir Keir Starmer told the Labour Conference that he was shocked and appalled by ‘the cold blooded murder of men, women and children, including British citizens by  the terrorists of Hamas.’

Wes Streeting MP joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to talk about his journey from a Stepney council estate to the Labour frontbench in Westminster, his optimism that poverty is a trap we can escape and his vision for an NHS ‘fit for the future’ on the eve of the 2024 UK general election, on this week’s Ways to Change the World podcast.

Theresa May is showing no sign of changing her position on Brexit despite warnings from both the opposition and her party that her deal lacks support.