Prime Minister

Samuel Kasumu, Former Special Advisor to Boris Johnson, talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the reasons why he first joined the Tory party aged 19, the role of special advisors in No 10 and why culture wars inside Downing Street made the downfall of Boris Johnson ‘inevitable’, in this episode of Ways To Change the World.

Earlier we spoke to her and began by asking what proof she had that Rishi Sunak was at the heart of it all.

Joining Cathy in Leeds, the Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and the Chief Exec of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Henri Murison.

Let’s have a look at the ditched HS2 plans. What’s being shelved, what will remain and how much has it cost?

Now the second leg has been cancelled many will be asking whether they’ll be compensated for the years of disruption and uncertainty.

Krishnan spoke to the rail minister, Huw Merriman. He put it to him that, given the government used to say it would deliver on HS2, these new transport pledges might face a credibility problem

The cancellation of the West Midlands to Manchester leg of HS2 has been the worst kept secret in politics. 

We analyse what impact the recent spy claims will have on UK-China relations

We spoke to Victor Gao, the vice-president of the Centre for China and Globalisation, who previously worked closely with former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.

We spoke to Conservative MP and former party leader, Iain Duncan Smith, who is a long-time critic of China’s activities in the UK, and has been sanctioned by the Beijing government.

The news that a parliamentary researcher has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China has caused consternation amongst MPs.