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    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.

    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.

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