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    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.

    12/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 28:17


    Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster as the House of Lords starts two days of debate on plans to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.

    11/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 28:21


    Sean Curran reports as MPs digest the sacking of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.

    10/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 28:17


    The prime minister is challenged over US Ambassador Lord Mandelson's past links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Sean Curran reports.

    09/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 28:22


    Sean Curran reports on some tough questions for the chancellor, Rachel Reeves.

    08/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 28:20


    Sean Curran reports from Westminster as MPs were again split over the decision to ban the Palestine Action group.

    05/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 28:10


    Susan Hulme reports as peers debate animal welfare. And as a new inquiry into waste crime starts work, we visit a layby in Hertfordshire to see the problem at first hand.

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    04/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 28:17


    Alicia McCarthy reports as pressure continues to grow on Angela Rayner after the deputy prime minister and housing secretary admitted underpaying stamp duty on a flat purchase.

    03/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 28:18


    Sean Curran reports on a lively first session of Prime Minister's Questions since the summer break - where Keir Starmer faces questions about Angela Rayner's tax affairs.

    02/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 28:18


    Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster as opposition MPs accuse the government of failing to make progress with a national inquiry into grooming gangs.

    01/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 28:21


    Sean Curran reports as MPs return after the summer recess to question the government about asylum and immigration policy.

    24/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 14:11


    Susan Hulme reports as peers demand answers about a new law to prevent cover-ups.

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    23/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 14:14


    Sean Curran reports on calls for calm over Essex asylum hotel protests. Peers also debate employment rights, pensions and protests for Palestinian rights.

    22/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 28:02


    Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as Rachel Reeves says less regulation and more risk-taking are required to drive economic growth.

    21/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 28:14


    Alicia McCarthy reports as the prime minister is grilled by the chairs of the Commons select committees.

    18/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 28:11


    Alicia McCarthy reports as peers discuss the state of the UK's defences.

    17/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 28:21


    Sean Curran reports as ministers announce that 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.

    16/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 28:10


    Susan Hulme reports from Westminster where Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over the economy at this week's edition of Prime Minister's Questions.

    15/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 28:22


    Sean Curran reports as the Defence Secretary discloses a massive data leak on Afghans who worked with the British armed forces. And Thames Water is recalled for questioning by MPs.

    14/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 28:09


    Susan Hulme reports as the climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, answers MPs questions about warming weather.

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    11/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 28:18


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

    10/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 28:16


    David Cornock reports as MPs question the Government about planned strike action by doctors.

    09/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 28:14


    Alicia McCarthy reports on the weekly bout of Prime Minister's Questions where Kemi Badenoch wants to know if a 'wealth tax' is on the horizon.

    08/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 28:11


    Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as President Macron tells parliamentarians that the UK and France must defend the post-war international order.

    07/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 28:10


    How will the government pay for its policy U-turns? Alicia McCarthy reports as MPs challenge a minister over calls for a wealth tax. Also, questions over the future of legally binding support for children with special educational needs and disabilities in England.

    04/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2025 28:16


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

    03/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 28:14


    Alicia McCarthy reports as Health Secretary Wes Streeting unveils his 10-year plan for the NHS in England, the BBC faces more questions over Glastonbury and MPs discuss allergies.

    02/07/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 28:11


    Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over welfare at this week's Prime Minister's Questions.

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