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We spoke to the Science and Innovation Minister Andrew Griffith and we began by asking why Rishi Sunak had been to so many seats the Tories already hold – sometimes with big majorities – but Labour’s campaign was seemingly showing far greater ambition.

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.

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Rishi Sunak is singing from Liz Truss’ “songbook” in making “unfunded commitments”, after his promise to raise the tax-free pension allowance.

Sir Keir Starmer says ‘SNP as divided and chaotic as Tories’

Reform UK leader Richard Tice tells Cathy Newman his net-zero migration policy will improve the NHS and economic growth.

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.

Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and Labour’s Lords leader Baroness Smith join Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss whether it’s sink or survive for Rishi Sunak after election losses across the country.

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.

We spoke to Austrian MEP, Andreas Schieder, who is a member of the UK Contact Group in the European Parliament.

The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has ended his series of international meetings in Paris with what he called “very constructive and positive” talks with the French president Emmanuel Macron. 

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.

We spoke to Siva Anandaciva, chief analyst and author of the King’s Fund report, and began by asking him whether he thought the main reason for poor health outcomes was down to a lack of investment.

The NHS is performing substantially less well than health systems in similar countries, according to a detailed study from the influential think tank, The King’s Fund.