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Iain Dale in the Evening is broadcast on LBC Monday-Thursday 7-10pm. It includes each day the LBC Newshour in the first hour and a phone-in on one of the big stories of the day in the last hour. In the middle hour on Mondays it’s the Monday night panel, on Wednesdays it’s ‘Cross Question’, LBCs weekly political panel debate show. And on Tuesdays and Thursdays an hour long interview with a big personality from the world of politics, current affairs, business or the arts. Hear all of Iain’s show with the news, travel and breaks taken out.

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    Do you wake up early enough?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 149:03


    Do you wake up early enough?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Tom Hayes, writer and campaigner Melissa Benn, Conservative MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Poppy Coburn from The Telegraph.

    Is our country well-defended?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 149:25


    Is our country well-defended?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy, Conservative MP Harriet Cross, Green peer and former leader Natalie Bennett and commentator Ella Whelan.

    Have you ever tried to stop a fare-dodger?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 147:34


    Have you ever tried to stop a fare-dodger?

    Are resident doctors losing your support?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 149:35


    Are resident doctors losing your support?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Chris Curtis, Reform UK London Assembly member Alex Wilson, Naomi Smith from the campaign group Best for Britain and commentator Angela Epstein.

    Does Farage represent the working class?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 149:39


    Does Farage represent the working class?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster David Aaronovitch, former Conservative culture secretary Lucy Frazer, journalist Oli Dugmore and entrepreneur Emma Sinclair.

    Should sex offenders be chemically castrated?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 156:12


    Should sex offenders be chemically castrated?

    How many more u-turns will we get from this government?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 149:21


    How many more u-turns will we get from this government?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Channel 4 News boss Dorothy Byrne, shadow culture minister and Conservative MP Saqib Bhatti, Labour MP Steve Race and City AM columnist Jamila Robertson.

    Will Israel listen to David Lammy's condemnation?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 149:57


    Will Israel listen to David Lammy's condemnation?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, shadow health minister and Conservative MP Dr Luke Evans, Rachel Cunliffe from the New Statesman and political commentator Charlie Downes.

    Is the new EU deal a 'betrayal'?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 148:00


    Is the new EU deal a 'betrayal'?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Mark Ferguson, Conservative MP and shadow paymaster general Richard Holden, Liberal Democrat MP Victoria Collins and Times columnist Matthew Syed.

    Is Trump actually a barrier to peace in Ukraine?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 149:00


    Is Trump actually a barrier to peace in Ukraine?

    How do we stop prisons overflowing?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 151:46


    How do we stop prisons overflowing?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative peer Lord Brady, Labour MP Naushabah Khan, political commentator and former Conservative adviser Salma Shah and journalist Zoë Grünewald.

    Has Keir Starmer got his dog whistle out?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 150:23


    Has Keir Starmer got his dog whistle out?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and science committee chair Chi Onwurah, Conservative shadow cabinet office minister Alex Burghart, general secretary of the GMB union Gary Smith and Times journalist Cindy Yu.

    Is the UK-US trade deal a Brexit win?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 147:59


    Is the UK-US trade deal a Brexit win?

    Should you be able to drive a train at eighteen?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 148:48


    Should you be able to drive a train at eighteen?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Barry Gardiner, Conservative MP and shadow housing minister David Simmonds, barrister and author Dr Charlotte Proudman and London Standard columnist Emily Sheffield.

    104-year-old WWII veteran takes your calls!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 145:52


    104-year-old WWII veteran takes your calls!Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Sarah Olney, former Conservative MP and minister Laura Farris, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and businessman and former independent Mayor of Middlesbrough Andy Preston.

    Which bits of your identity are you proud of?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 145:46


    Which bits of your identity are you proud of?

    Is net zero realistic?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 148:38


    Is net zero realistic?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Preet Kaur Gill, former Conservative MP and minister Greg Hands, former Gogglebox star and Labour campaigner Josh Tapper and journalist and businessman Tim Hames.

    Trump's first hundred days: tragedy or triumph?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 147:52


    Trump's (second) first hundred days: tragedy or triumph?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former first minister of Northern Ireland Baroness Foster, Labour MP Peter Prinsley, SNP MP Stephen Gethins and political commentator Samantha Smith.

    Tory leader Kemi Badenoch back to take your calls!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 149:25


    Tory leader Kemi Badenoch back to take your calls!Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Alex Sobel, Conservative peer Lord Ranger, City AM opinion editor Alys Denby and imam and broadcaster Ajmal Masroor.

    Time to fine the headphone-dodgers?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 148:36


    Time to fine the headphone-dodgers?Plus, Jonathan Dimbleby takes your calls.

    Is Trump giving up on peace in Ukraine?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 148:38


    Is Trump giving up on peace in Ukraine?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Layla Moran, former Conservative MP and minister Sir Robert Buckland, comedian and journalist Ava Vidal and businessman and political commentator Lance Forman.

    Is the government trying to copy Nigel Farage?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 149:07


    Is the government trying to copy Nigel Farage?Joining Iain Dale for this special edition of Cross Question to mark Earth Day are Green Party leader Adrian Ramsay, Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice, climate change lawyer Tessa Khan and clean energy businessman Michael Liebreich.

    Do you have sympathy for teachers?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 151:25


    Do you have sympathy for teachers? Plus Frank Gardner tells us how about his experience traveling as a disabled person

    What next for the trans debate?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 149:58


    What next for the trans debate?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Al Pinkerton, former Conservative MP and minister Angela Knight, political commentator Scarlett MccGwire and Max Anderson from the Conservative Environment Network.

    Is a bin strike coming to a town near you?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 149:59


    Is a bin strike coming to a town near you?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Christabel Cooper from the Labour Together think tank, Charlotte Pickles from the REFORM think tank, broadcaster and journalist Matthew Stadlen and political commentator Sarah Southern.

    Is China a hostile state?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 145:16


    Is China a hostile state?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative MP and minister Paul Scully, Labour London Assembly member Leonie Cooper, former head of BBC TV news Roger Mosey and Telegraph columnist Annabel Denham.

    Do we need more bobbies on the beat?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 146:38


    Do we need more bobbies on the beat?Plus, your business questions answered and do you want a nuclear reactor in your back yard?

    Did Trump just cave?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 147:45


    Did Trump just cave?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean, former Conservative MP Jessica Harrington, free markets campaigner Aman Bhogal and foreign affairs journalist Ian Birrell.

    Why won't government stop Birmingham's rubbish crisis?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 148:59


    Why won't government stop Birmingham's rubbish crisis?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Polly Billington, former Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis, podcaster Jemma Forte and Express journalist Conor Wilson.

    How bad is the crime on your train?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 147:51


    How bad is the crime on your train?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Mike Tapp, Green MP Ellie Chowns, Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley and LBC's Aggie Chambre.

    Do Trump's tariffs prove Brexiteers right?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 148:07


    Do Trump's tariffs prove Brexiteers right?Plus, journalist Ash Sarkar takes your calls on her new book.

    Trump hits UK with 10% tariff!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 150:57


    Trump hits UK with 10% tariff!Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Rachel Taylor, Conservative peer Lord Jackson, barrister and commentator Hashi Mohamed and the FT's Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher.

    Should the PM fight back against Trump's tariffs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 149:07


    Should the PM fight back against Trump's tariffs?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Satvir Kaur, Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale, The Spectator's William Atkinson and satirist Aid Thompsin.

    Will Marine Le Pen's conviction help her cause?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 151:44


    Will Marine Le Pen's conviction help her cause?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Wales secretary and Labour MP Jo Stevens, former Tory MP Mark Field, political commentator Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and Christian Calgie from the Express.

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks exclusively to Iain following her Spring Statement

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 147:03


    Iain sits down with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves inside her Downing Street office for an exclusive interview, following her Spring Statement.Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservatives' Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Richard Fuller, Labour MP and Treasury Select Committee chair Dame Meg Hillier, Bloomberg economics journalist Stephanie Flanders and the businessman and markets commentator David Buik.

    Do the rich pay enough tax?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 146:47


    Do the rich pay enough tax?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP who was in Corbyn's shadow cabinet Richard Burgon, Conservative MP and shadow foreign minister Wendy Morton, former Scottish Labour leader turned academic Kezia Dugdale and political comms strategist and former Boris Johnson adviser Jo Tanner.

    Has Labour forgotten its roots?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 149:14


    Has Labour forgotten its roots?

    How should the UK react as Israel breaks the Gaza ceasefire?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 147:34


    How should the UK react as Israel breaks the Gaza ceasefire?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Conservative MP George Freeman, social mobility campaigner and former Tory cabinet minister Justine Greening and political commentator and former adviser to Labour MPs Matthew Torbitt.

    Will Trump trust Putin?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 147:24


    Will Trump trust Putin?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Dr Luke Evans, Labour MP Rachael Maskell, Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges and broadcaster Edward Adoo.

    Should the government 'clamp down' on benefits?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 147:43


    Should the government 'clamp down' on benefits?

    Satuday 15th March

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 151:34


    Satuday 15th March

    Why has the government axed the world's biggest quango?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 146:01


    Why has the government axed the world's biggest quango?

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