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Are election results worst of all worlds for Tories?
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.
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Ukraine Russia: is the West ready to go to war? – The Political Fourcast
As the PM ramps up defence spending, the Conservative’s James Heappey and Labour’s Baroness Anderson join Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss whether British troops could end up fighting Putin’s war.
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UK inflation falls to lowest level for more than two years, but are prices getting cheaper?
UK inflation has fallen sharply to 4.6% in October, according to new figures – its lowest level for more than two years.
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Sunak pledges emergency legislation after Rwanda policy blocked by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that Rwanda is not a safe country to deport asylum seekers – so Rishi Sunak has pledged emergency legislation to declare that it is.
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‘We’re not involved at all’ – northern leaders react to HS2 announcement
Joining Cathy in Leeds, the Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and the Chief Exec of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Henri Murison.
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HS2: what’s been shelved, what’s being kept and how much will it cost?
Let’s have a look at the ditched HS2 plans. What’s being shelved, what will remain and how much has it cost?
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HS2: Will property owners be compensated for years of disruption?
Now the second leg has been cancelled many will be asking whether they’ll be compensated for the years of disruption and uncertainty.
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HS2 leg cancellation is money ‘better spent’ for the north and midlands, says rail minister
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
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Sunak scraps HS2 leg – saying he knows what ‘north really needs’
The cancellation of the West Midlands to Manchester leg of HS2 has been the worst kept secret in politics.
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Plans to scrap HS2 ‘will permanently reduce the size of the northern economy,’ says Andy Burnham
We spoke to the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and began by asking him how much instability was being caused by the government’s position on HS2.
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Would new North Sea oil and gas make Britain more energy independent?
The government will grant hundreds of new licences to extract oil and gas from the North Sea, Rishi Sunak said on Monday. The initial decision was announced last year, but Mr Sunak reiterated the plan this week alongside “millions of pounds” for so-called “carbon capture and storage” technology — which the government says would help reduce…
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Why is the NHS performing worse than similar other health systems?
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.
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NHS performing ‘substantially less well’ than health systems in similar countries, study finds.
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.
