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Brianna Ghey’s mother, Esther, tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why protecting young people online is not only the parents’ responsibility, but that of governments and social media companies, in this episode of Ways to Change the World. She also talks about the importance of teaching empathy and compassion to children, and why she supports Labour MP Josh MacAlister’s proposal of banning social media apps for under-16s in the UK.

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.

Matt Frei is joined by a Democratic politician and a pro-Trump strategist in Pennsylvania where the race for the White House is now so close that both sides are in the fight for their political lives.

With MPs about the vote on a controversial bill to legalise assisted dying, Krishnan Guru-Murthy debates the issue with politicians on either side of the debate: Danny Kruger and Christine Jardine.

Can the next Conservative leader haul the party back from brink – and who should that be? Cathy Newman asks former Deputy PM Therese Coffey and former Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.

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.

In the latest episode of the American Fourcast Matt Frei and guests dissect the Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

How can the new Labour government stop scandals like Grenfell happening again? Krishnan Guru-Murthy talks to the area’s former MP and the director of the charity investigating state-related deaths.

American election forecaster, Nate Silver, tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy the chances of Kamala Harris or Donald Trump winning the US election, why he thinks Elon Musk’s tweets on X during the 2024 UK summer riots were part and parcel of having freedom of speech, and the transformative impact of AI on the world, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

Matt Frei is at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to ask White House and Senate insiders whether good ‘vibes’ are all Kamala Harris needs to unite America and win the election.

In a special edition of the American Fourcast, Matt Frei talks to former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Elon Musk and the man whose name she will not mention.

As Keir Starmer meets an embattled President Biden at the NATO summit, Krishnan Guru-Murthy discusses the decline of the West and the ascent of President Trump with some of the new intake of MPs.

As the election campaign enters the final furlong, Krishnan Guru-Murthy discusses how the betting scandal might affect the result with ConservativeHome’s Henry Hill and pollster Scarlett Maguire.

Could this election kill the independence cause in Scotland or actually bring it back to life? Krishnan Guru-Murthy discusses manifestos and independence with the SNP’s former Deputy Westminster Leader Mhairi Black, Scottish Labour’s Pam Duncan-Glancy, and Scottish Conservative’s Craig Hoy.