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    04/12/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 28:18


    Sean Curran reports as MPs questions the government about the postponement of four mayoral elections.

    03/12/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 28:03


    Mandy Baker reports on Prime Minister's Questions - and more.

    02/12/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 28:06


    Sean Curran reports as MPs question the justice secretary about possible restrictions to trial by jury.

    01/12/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 28:05


    Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as opposition MPs demand answers from the government over the leaks surrounding last week's budget.

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    28/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 28:07


    Susan Hulme asks whether we need a Budget Speech and looks back to a time when the only way women could watch Parliament was through a ventilation shaft.

    27/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 28:14


    Will ministers restrict the right to trial by jury? Sean Curran reports. Also, MPs continue to debate the Budget and peers question a delay in issuing guidance on the Supreme Court's ruling on biological sex.

    26/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 28:06


    Budget Day - David Cornock and team report.

    25/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 28:13


    Sean Curran reports from Westminster as the prime minister tells MPs that must be a just and lasting end to the war in Ukraine.

    24/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 28:07


    Alicia McCarthy reports as the the BBC chair Samir Shah faces the Culture Committee in the wake of recent troubles.

    21/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 28:04


    News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament

    20/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2025 28:14


    Sean Curran reports as MPs question the government about a Russian spy ship that entered UK waters.

    19/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 28:15


    PMQs and other top stories from Westminster.

    18/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 28:06


    Helen Catt reports from Westminster as MPs are warned about a group of Chinese spies thought to be operating in and around Parliament.

    17/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 28:06


    Alicia McCarthy reports as Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announces sweeping changes to asylum policy.

    14/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 28:10


    Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster as peers warn that they could run out of time to debate the Assisted Dying bill.

    13/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 28:07


    Susan Hulme reports on plans to abolish police and crime commissioners in England and Wales - and more.

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    12/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 28:04


    Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as the Conservatives accuse Sir Keir Starmer of losing control of the government at this week's Prime Minister's Questions.

    11/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 27:57


    Mandy Bakers reports as the Justice Secretary sets out plans to overhaul the prisoner release system - and there are mixed views on the future of the BBC.

    10/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 14:05


    Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as peers demand answers over the accidental release of two men from Wandsworth Prison last month.

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    05/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 28:08


    The row over the wrong release of prisoners.

    04/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 28:04


    Susan Hulme reports as MPs question the chancellor about possible measures in the forthcoming Budget.

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    03/11/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2025 28:04


    Mandy Baker reports as the Home Secretary condemns the train attack as the 'worst of humanity' - and the Prime Minister vows that a new bill will stop cover-ups by the state.

    31/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 28:08


    Alicia McCarthy looks ahead to a new Hillsborough law, peers debate Ukraine, and we remember the Flying Nightingales - nurses who risked their own lives to save countless servicemen during the Second World War.

    30/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 28:05


    A minister tells the Commons he's horrified by developments in Sudan, MPs look ahead to the Chancellor's Budget and question progress in delivering compensation to victims of the infected blood scandal. Also, a peer asks a Transport minister to buy his ex-wife's home near Heathrow Airport. Susan Hulme reports.

    29/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 28:12


    Sean Curran reports on the latest round of Prime Minister's Questions.

    28/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 28:05


    Susan Hulme reports as the Government is defeated again in the House of Lords over workers' rights.

    27/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 28:12


    Sean Curran reports from Westminster as MPs demand answers about how a failed migrant and convicted sex offender was accidentally released from prison last week.

    24/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 28:07


    Alicia McCarthy reports on moves to tackle ticketless fans getting into football matches and MPs hold their first debate on hoarding disorder. Also, the rules on debating royal affairs in the Commons and th 75th anniversary of the chamber re-opening after bomb damage during World War II.

    23/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 28:12


    Sean Curran reports as MPs questions why the government is spending millions of pounds on an empty prison that may never re-open.

    22/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 28:06


    Susan Hulme reports on Prime Minister's Questions - and more. The Liberal Democrat leader calls for Prince Andrew to face questions from MPs, peers discuss the details of a Bill to legalise assisted dying and the former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner delivers her resignation statement.

    21/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 28:15


    Sean Curran report as the Conservatives question the Government about the inquiry into the rape gangs scandal.

    20/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 28:03


    Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as the culture secretary condemns the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from next month's match against Aston Villa.

    17/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 28:09


    In a special edition of the programme, Susan Hulme looks back on 80 years of Today in Parliament.

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    16/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 28:16


    The latest on the Chinese spying collapsed trial.

    15/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 28:10


    Alicia McCarthy reports as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over the collapse of the case against two men accused of spying for China.

    14/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 28:13


    Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster as MPs from across the Commons welcome the ceasefire deal in Gaza.

    13/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 28:14


    Alicia McCarthy reports as the Home Secretary answers MPs' questions about the attack on the Manchester synagogue.

    19/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 14:08


    Alicia McCarthy reports as peers decide whether to allow the assisted dying bill to continue its passage through Parliament.

    18/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 14:15


    Sean Curran reports as peers tackle the government about complicated rail fares.

    17/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 14:06


    Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as peers are divided over plans to ban Israelis from an elite British defence college over Gaza.

    16/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 28:16


    Sean Curran reports as MPs hold an emergency debate on the appointment and dismissal of Peter Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the United States.

    15/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 28:09


    Susan Hulme reports as Shabana Mahmood makes her Commons debut as home secretary and MPs question the dropping of charges in a Chinese "spy" case.

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