Podcast appearances and mentions of Luciana Berger

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question, live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, are Labour Shadow Cabinet member Nick Thomas-Symonds, Daily Express political journalist Christian Calgie, former Labour MP Luciana Berger & The Guardian columnist Owen Jones.

The latest season of the Downtown Den podcast is all about leaders. In the latest episode Downtown boss Frank McKenna is joined by former Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree, Luciana Berger. Discussing a varied career, Luciana reflects on her career working in retail for Disney and in the NHS and what lessons she took from her experiences and finally what led her to a career in politics.

Former Labour MP Luciana Berger explains why she sensationally quit the party over anti-semitism in 2019, what made her return earlier this year under Keir Starmer's leadership, and discusses with PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst how even now there is “limited understanding” of the scale of abuse politicians face. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

Ali Miraj sits in and is joined on Cross Question by former Labour MP Luciana Berger, former Conservative MP and minister Rob Wilson, editor of Prospect Magazine and former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and Adam Hawksbee from the Onward think tank.

Ben Kentish sits in and is joined on Cross Question by Conservative MP Craig Whittaker, former Labour MP and Chief Executive of iNHouse Communications Luciana Berger, the Spectator's James Heale and Deputy Leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski.

In this episode, Anthony talks with Scott Armstrong, former Editor-in-Chief of Arabian Business Magazine and mental health advocate launching the start-up consultancy, Mentl. They begin by discussing the human history of experiencing homelessness and the detrimental effects of this feeling on society. Scott then dives into his mission of mental health advocacy of fighting toxic work environments and promoting corporate leadership that supports mental wellbeing, as well as the wide range of benefits that come with it.Next, Oliver Bullough joins Anthony to discuss his latest book, ‘Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats, and Criminals,' which provides an insight into money laundering in the United Kingdom. Oliver takes Anthony through the history of kleptocracy from the British Empire to today, and explores the corruption of shell corporations in the United States.Finally, Luciana Berger, a former Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom, joins Anthony only moments after Boris Johnson resigned as Prime Minister. Luciana shares her experiences in British politics before diving into the factors influencing Boris' resignation. They discuss the government's shortcomings, including scandals, parliamentary investigations, and rule-breaking, leading to over 50 MP's quitting and forcing the Prime Minister to resign.Follow our guest on Twitter: @Scottiehack@OliverBullough@LucianaBerger Subscribe on YouTube: //bit.ly/3ICdZXx Follow us:https://twitter.com/moochfm  https://twitter.com/scaramucci  Sign up for our newsletter at: www.mooch.fm Created & produced by Podcast Partners: www.podcastpartners.com 

Luciana Berger was a Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree for nine years and bears the scars on her back – in her words, it wasn't easy being “young female and Jewish” especially when Jeremy Corbyn was leader. She has been the target of industrial and criminal abuse and threats (several men have been fined or gone to jail). Shadow minister for Mental Health under Corbyn she resigned after Brexit, joined the breakaway independent group of MPs in 2019 that became the doomed Change UK, then joined the Lib Dems – it's hard to keep up, but now she is in public relations and has two small children, and the party is more united under a new leader. And she's still young female and Jewish - does that rule out a return to Parliament?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Labour MP Luciana Berger, Conservative Justice Minister Tom Pursglove, Green Party peer Baroness (Jenny) Jones and journalist Martha Gill.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Labour and Lib Dem MP Luciana Berger, Conservative MP Robert Halfon, Fran Darlington Pollock of The Equality Trust and political commentator Emma Webb.

Following the release of our fifth annual Trust Barometer Special Report: Institutional Investors, Edelman's Olivier Lebleu, Head of ESG and Luciana Berger, Managing Director Advocacy and Public Affairs, sit down to discuss this year's highlights.

The boys go on diversions about zombies, werewolves, buried treasure, and sex burgers, occasionally returning to politics and the topical themes of the episode: Gareth Southgate's open letter to England fans about the knee, the Unite GS election, Corbyn at Cambridge, Zack Polanski and the London Living Wage, The Boundary Commission, the NHS data grab, the dangers of Didsbury, and roads named after Stalin.     Buy our merch     Second Row Socialists on Twitter     Comradio on Twitter       Gareth Southgate's "Dear England" open letter    Unite 2021 GS election timetable    Labour looking into Corbyn's claim that Luciana Berger was not hounded out    SAGE - Quality care deserves quality pay

Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week's guests are Luciana Berger & Hugo Rifkind.Follow them on social media, follow US on social media and don't forget to let us know what you think about the show.Facebook: @JewTalkinTwitter: @JewTalkinInstagram: @JewTalkinLots more fantastic episodes waiting to be released every Friday morning, so don't forget to subscribe and leave us a 5* review - it really helps other people find the show. Go on… it's what your mother would want!--------------------------------------------------------------------- Luciana BergerTwitter: @LucianaBergerInstagram: @LucianaBergerLuciana served as the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree for almost a decade. During that time she was the Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Shadow Minister for Public Health and Shadow Cabinet Member for Mental Health. Luciana was also a leading member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, and the Liberal Democrat Shadow Spokesperson for Health, Social Care and Wellbeing.Since leaving politics she is now the Managing Director of Advocacy and Public Affairs, specialising in health, food and drink, climate change and energy policy for a global communications company. She also co-hosts Close Quarters Podcast alongside Head of Brand Strategy and Marketing at the British Business Bank, Rebecca Simon.Hugo RifkindTwitter: @HugoRifkindHugo is a columnist and lead writer for The Times, and presents a show on Times Radio. He writes a weekly opinion column and “My Week”, a diary parody - a compendium of his columns, “My Week: The Secret Diaries Of Almost Everyone”, was published in 2013. Hugo also writes regular columns for The Spectator and GQ and is a frequent panellist on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz. His novel, Overexposure, was published in 2006, and Hugo was named columnist of the year at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards 2011, and Media Commentator of the Year in the same awards in 2012. He was Stonewall's Journalist of the Year in 2012, in recognition of his strong support for equal marriage. The same year, he was also named Best Grooming Journalist in the P&G Beauty Awards. In 2015, at the Comment Awards, he was named Arts, Culture and Entertainment Commentator of The Year. In 2017, he won both Best of Humour and Critic of the Year at the Society of Editors' Press Awards. In May 2019, Rifkind presented and wrote a programme for BBC Radio 4 entitled Hugo Rifkind's Search For Power.--------------------------------------------------------------------- *This episode was recorded under lockdown conditions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Antisemitism is a deep rooted problem with a long history. Last year the Labour Party in Britain found itself in a quandary over this issue when a Human Rights and Equality Commission enquiry found that it had committed unlawful acts and had to change. Luciana Berger and Julian Hargreaves discuss antisemitism... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

Welcome back to TBOTA! Today on the show I have writer Jason Collin and we talk... Corbyn’s suspension, Luciana Berger, Donald Trump, the Cohen brothers, Woman of Valour, zoom auditions, the casting process, the challenges of filming during covid, Gareth’s severed thumb, Being zen, tales from around the world of being a emerging market journalist, and having a baby in lockdown. Please buy tickets for Woman of Valour (written by Jason and starring yours truly). The premiere is Nov 8th 2020 4:30PM GMT. TICKETS HERE More info, including other times to see the film here and follow the instagram here Support the show: Become a patron and help me make this show Rent the award-winning One Jewish Boy

Agency leaders are concerned about the impact of COVID lockdowns on the mental health of employees heading into winter. This podcast takes a look at how the crisis is impacting mental health, what agencies are doing to provide vital support and whether an industry-wide approach is needed. Featuring: Edelman's Luciana Berger, Don't Cry Wolf's John Brown, The Romans' Indigo Le Fèvre, FleishmanHillard Fishburn’s Kev O’Sullivan and mental health expert Amy McKeown.

Agency leaders are concerned about the impact of COVID lockdowns on the mental health of employees heading into winter. This podcast takes a look at how the crisis is impacting mental health, what agencies are doing to provide vital support and whether an industry-wide approach is needed. Featuring: Edelman's Luciana Berger, Don't Cry Wolf's John Brown, The Romans' Indigo Le Fèvre, FleishmanHillard Fishburn's Kev O'Sullivan and mental health expert Amy McKeown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enfield Southgate in 1997. Morley and Outwood in 2015. Finchley and Golders Green in 2019? Luciana Berger is looking to cause a major political upset in the Conservative-held seat of Finchley and Golders Green in what could become one of the defining moments of the 2019 election. In this fascinating interview Luciana explains her decision to leave the Labour Party as well as the nature and scale of the abuse she received. She also discusses the Lib Dem policy of revoking Article 50 as well as the specific political challenge in her constituency. Follow Luciana on Twitter: @lucianaberger Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde Email your funny campaigning stories to politicalpartypodcast@gmail.com Sign up to the mailing list for www.mattforde.com/mailing-list See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With less than a month to go until polling day, Christopher Hope invites two busy candidates into the Red Lion pub to talk about electoral pacts, the role of Nigel Farage and when we might see their parties' manifestos. First up: Home Office Minister, Brandon Lewis, with some disquieting words for those forming alliances with other parties. Second in the hot seat: Luciana Berger, who tells us what it’s like campaigning for the LibDems after standing for Labour at the previous election.Also on the podcast: Peter Udale, a candidate for the Brexit Party until he stood down in the name of delivering Brexit, and Sir Anthony Seldon, author of a new biography of Theresa May, on why she was an unlikely prime minister.Read about how the Tories offered Nigel Farage's Brexit Party an eleventh-hour pact: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/11/13/tories-offer-nigel-farage-eleventh-hour-deal/ |Get 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph online: https://telegraph.co.uk/chopper |Listen to the Audio Football Club: www.playpodca.st/afc |Email: choppersbrexitpodcast@telegraph.co.ukTwitter: @brexitbroadcast

With a new leader in Jo Swinson and the defection of six MPs to the party, Lib Dems are hoping for a resurgence. Rachel Humphreys reports from party conference. Plus Vince Beiser on the black market in sand. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Luciana Berger and Gary Lineker join Tracy Ann Obermann to talk all things Trolled. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Schneider tweet on "dark forces" Luciana Berger interview Labour Party leadership election rules Conservative Party leadership election rules Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

Join Isabel Hardman for your essential Sunday interviews highlights package. This week's podcast features Chuka Umunna, Barry Gardiner. Tom Watson, Michael Gove and Luciana Berger. Produced by Matthew Taylor.

MP Luciana Berger resigned from the Labour Party this week to join the newly-formed Independent Group. For years she has been the target of sustained anti-Semitic abuse, and has criticised the Labour Party's handling of the issue. One of the reasons she gave for leaving the party is that she has come to view it as "institutionally anti-Semitic”. Her resignation comes within days of her facing a vote of no-confidence in her Liverpool Wavertree constituency, which was withdrawn after a bitter row. Presenter: Becky Milligan Producer: Viv Jones, Tural Ahmedzade Editor: Penny Murphy

The Independent MP on the trauma of leaving Labour, the stresses of facing anti-Semitism and the difficult process of forging a new political force

EMERGENCY RELEASE AS EVENTS GO CRAZY YET AGAIN. The dam finally breaks in the most dramatic week in Brexit since… January? Eight Labour MPs including Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna quit Labour over anti-semitism and Corbyn’s intransigence over Brexit. Then three Tory women – Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Woollaston – resign from the party they now say is irrevocably dominated by the hard Right and its ERG extremists. What can the Independent Group achieve and what must they do to achieve it?Plus: Honda, Nissan and industry’s fear of the “B” word. Why you need to be at the Put It To The People March on Saturday 23 March. And what’s driving older people’s resentment of the young? TalkRadio presenter Cristo Foufas joins our regulars to thrash it all out. This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Naomi Smith with Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt. Audio production is by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.Get every new episode of Remainiacs a whole day early when you back us on the Patreon crowdfunding platform. You’ll also get our monthly Ask Remainiacs special episode plus smart merchandise, an exclusive weekly column by our panel, and discounts on #RemainiacsLive tickets too. #OwnTheRemoanREMAINIACS.comGet your free download of our theme tune ‘Demon Is A Monster’ by Cornershop. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Alison McGovern, Stephanie Lloyd and their colleague Katie Curtis reflect on a very sad day for the Labour party – with the departure of seven members of parliament to form an independent parliamentary group.What does Luciana Berger's departure mean for the Labour party's collapse of trust with the Jewish community, what should progressives' approach to the split be and what does it mean for Brexit? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once again, Theresa May kicks the can down the road, pleading with MPs to give her just a little more time. But time is running out. Maybe that’s the point. We round up the latest Brexit madness in the latest podcast.Despite all that, Labour still find time to indulge in another internal party war. We look at how Luciana Berger became the latest target, and how leaders again failed to respond properly.Plus the Conservative MP who can’t stop blocking moves to protect women and young girls, and we pause to consider the achievements of Chris Grayling, perhaps the least talented man to ever hold Cabinet office.Don’t forget you can get in touch via twitter.com/partygamespod and facebook.com/partygamespod - plus we’re at instagram.com/partygamespodAt partygamespodcast.com you can find all our past episodes, with handy links to subscribe through Apple Podcasts, Android or Spotify.

In this week's **Mental Health Monday**, we look at the journey so far of the **Where's Your Head at Campaign**.  Beginning as a petition to bring mental health first aid to the workplace, we hear from both **Natasha Devon** **MBE** & **Luciana Berger MP** ahead of the debate in parliament.  Then, we hear from several key speakers during the debate, speaking of their own experiences with mental health.  Finally, we hear closing remarks from **Jackie Doyle-Price MP**, who offers her reaction to the day's debate, along with final thoughts from Luciana Berger.  Follow **@MrMickCoyle**, **@_NatashaDevon**, & **@LucianaBerger.** Originally broadcast **January 21st 2019**. Produced by **John Fogarty**.

Ahead of her debate in Westminster Hall on the state of poverty in Liverpool, Wavertree MP Luciana Berger joins Mick Coyle, as she sets out how bad just how bad things have gotten, particular for society's most vulnerable members. Follow @MrMickCoyle & @RadioCityTalk on Twitter. Luciana Berger can be found @lucianaberger. Produced by John Fogarty. Originally broadcast 24th October, 2018.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week is Luciana Berger, Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree; Dominic Grieve, Conservative MP for Beaconsfield & Former Attorney General; Suzanne Evans, Former Deputy Chair of UKIP and Zoe Williams, Guardian Columnist.

Luciana Berger, the MP for Liverpool Wavertree, delivers an impassioned speech during the parliamentary debate on antisemitism. Berger details the torrent of abuse she has endured as a campaigner and MP and says that antisemitism is now more commonplace in 2018

Luciana Berger, the MP for Liverpool Wavertree, delivers an impassioned speech during the parliamentary debate on antisemitism. Berger details the torrent of abuse she has endured as a campaigner and MP and says that antisemitism is now more commonplace in 2018

It's a special edition of Mental Health Monday this week in aid of "World Suicide Prevention Day" Mick Coyle was given a tour of the brand new "James Place" - the first non-clinical centre in the UK for men experiencing suicidal thoughts. It's based in the Georgian Quarter in Liverpool and they are hosting a joint event alongside Chasing the Stigma to mark #WorldSuicidePreventionDay.  Plus - you can hear from Wavertree MP and prominent mental health campaigner Luciana Berger and Chief Executive of Merseycare, Joe Rafferty, at the Zero Suicide Alliance event on Friday. They're trying to persuade people and businesses to take part in the free training that could potentially save lives. Follow @MrMickCoyle Find out more about the work James' Place does here: https://www.jamesplace.org.uk/ Complete the Zero Suicide Alliance training here: https://www.zerosuicidealliance.com/

Brothers Jack and Ethan Smith joined David Easson on Mental Health Monday to talk about their programme 'Train, Eat, Educate'. They have developed a program working within schools that has triangulated 3 areas to work hand in hand - physical health, mental health and nutrition. Plus, Wavertree MP, Luciana Berger condemned new cuts to children’s mental health services that she claims ‘threaten our children’s lives.’ Hear from the Principal of City of Liverpool College, Elaine Bowker, who told David how their dedicated NHS mental health support has been removed. Also, find out about the upcoming 'This Dad Can' morning on the 26th May in conjunction with Liverpool Hope University.

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was forced to defend his stance on anti-Semitism, a question that also attracted headlines in France and Germany this week. While in Pakistan and Tanzania, there were concerns about censorship and Internet freedom. A Facebook comment posted a few years ago by Corbyn in which he backed an artist that graffitied a wall with Jewish bankers counting their money, is what has reignited the debate on anti-Semitism within the British Labour party. The Labour leader who had initially supported the mural in the name of free speech, conceded he was wrong to support an "offensive" work. Labour MP Luciana Berger said last month she was unsatisfied with his response and told lawmakers that under Corbyn anti-Semitism had become "more common place (...) and more corrosive.” The media was fast to react. Too fast perhaps according to Eline Jeanne, who works with the Media Diversity Institute in the UK. “I think an issue like this can be sensationalized quite easily, which I think was definitely for some publications what they did," she told RFI. "One of the things that was kind of forgotten was the broader issue of anti-Semitism in the UK, which I think was kind of a letdown,” she added. Anti-Semitism as a political weapon Some of Corbyn's critics, who consider him too left-wing, also accuse him of complacency towards anti-Semitism, in some cases linking the charge to his support for the Palestinian cause. A charge he strongly denies. His supporters however argue that anti-Semitism is being used as a weapon to discredit him ahead of next month's local elections. The fact that few outlets mentioned the political context was another oversight, comments Jeanne. “Definitely the comment Corbyn made should have been brought to light," she says, but questions why the issue is being raised now, when the Facebook comment was posted in 2012. For her, more investigative pieces were needed to identify "the intentions of the person [Luciana Berger] besides wanting to highlight the potential anti-Semitism in the Labour party.” Wrong language on anti-Semitism Elsewhere, an anti-Semitic incident grabbed headlines in Germany. An Israeli wearing a kippa was recently attacked by a Syrian refugee in a trendy neighbourhood of Berlin, with the attacker yelling ‘Jew’ in Arabic. The video went viral. The attack prompted a strong show of solidarity, but did little to dampen fears among Germany’s Jewish community, who connect hatred of Jews today to that of Europe's past. Yet covering anti-Semitism isn’t always easy, particularly when it comes to language, explains Eline Jeanne from the Media Diversity Institute. “Often we see people using anti-Semitic language either in their headlines or in the way they explain things without even realizing it," she said, in reference to a recent article on Hungarian businessman George Soros. "The headline used, alluded to him as being a puppeteer, which definitely has anti-Semitic backgrounds, but I think the journalist didn’t intentionally do that," she said. To report the issue well, Jeanne says journalists need "more time" and education about what anti-Semitism is and isn't. "We also need to give Jewish community members a voice as well," she added. Narrowing the debate "We never hear from those who are concerned," Jean-Yves Camus, Director of the Observatory of Radical Politics in Paris, said. "I mean the average Jew living in a small town or in a suburb of Paris, the media don’t go there,” he told RFI. The French capital, which has seen a string of killings of Jews, was recently hit by another anti-Semitic attack, this time against an elderly Jewish woman, prompting thousands to march in her memory, together with a manifesto signed by 300 intellectuals denouncing what they call a new anti-Semtism, inspired by radicalized Islamic minorities. “I’m very scared that the situation is only in the hands of a few intellectuals who sign manifestos and go on TV shows to tell their appreciation of what’s going on," reckons Camus, who warns against a media bias. The other danger is narrowing the conversation to reflect just one opinion, in this case that new anti-Semitism is the fault of Muslims. Camus says, that’s not the full story. “It’s very difficult to find dissident voices. Those who are in the minority--I belong to them--have a very hard time finding ways to have the mainstream media listen to what they have to say.” Dubious deal in Pakistan In Pakistan, news outlets like Geo TV have also been finding it hard to have their say. The station, which is critical of the military, was recently shut down in most parts of the country. The government denied any responsibility. However, in a surprise move, Geo TV was put back on, on Thursday 19th April after concluding a deal with the military. “It’s a very worrying precedent," Daniel Bastard, head of the Asia Pacific desk at Reporters Without Borders told RFI. "Because if Geo TV wants to be broadcasted, it has to self-censor itself, that’s the message the military wants to send." Civil society groups in Pakistan say the freedom of the press is increasingly under attack, with the military accused of disappearing activists and journalists. Last December for instance, 40-year-old Raza Khan, a Pakistani political activist, disappeared from his home. Four months on he’s still missing. The consequence is that entire regions are going silent, as news fails to get reported. Tanzanian bloggers under scrutiny But should everyone be allowed to report? In Tanzania, bloggers could soon have to pay a license of up to 1,000 dollars just to be able to post content online. The government says it wants to protect the East African nation from “lies” being spread online. “I can see where the government is coming from," Linet Kwamboka, a Mozilla Tech policy fellow in Nairobi told RFI. "We had the same case in Kenya where the journalists were calling for more responsibility among the bloggers, because the journalist said well, they have to go through school, they’re taught all their ethics, whereas bloggers tend to be more free thinkers, with no regulation or accountability for the stories they put out.” Critics though are concerned that the government is using the excuse of regulation as a veil for repression. Last week authorities arrested the country’s top musician – Diamond Platnumz after he posted a video clip of himself playfully kissing a woman on Instagram, which authorities said was indecent. Internet freedom under threat Freedom of speech was one of the requirements for a healthy internet, as revealed in a report earlier this month by Mozilla Fox. "For me, for a healthy Internet, there needs to be decentralization to be able to understand who owns the speech and who’s responsible for what," said Mozilla Tech policy fellow Kwamboka. "Then the most important thing there needs to be is a lot of privacy and security," she said. "You need to know that you’re in a safe place and not in a battleground every time you go online to express yourself or to be creative." Tanzania's online regulations follow the arrests of several people charged with "abusing" the president John Magufuli, a euphemism for criticizing him on Facebook and on WhatsApp. It’s part of a growing trend of African governments trying to control what’s said online. Kwamboka says they’re fighting a losing battle. “I feel like there needs to be a better approach to this, because this is a battle that neither the government nor the bloggers are going to win,” she said. Most people agree there needs to be more responsibility on the internet. The question is who should regulate it and how.

We have seen the best and worst of politics this week. There has been the Home Office shambles on Windrush and the searing debate in the Commons on anti-Semitism. The issues may be cause to despair but amid the gloom we have seen Parliament at its best: MPs speaking from the heart, holding power to account and engaging in honest debate. In this week’s Ayes to the Left podcast Jason Beattie, Nicola Bartlett and Dan Bloom pick through a difficult few days for both Labour and the Conservatives. They examine why Theresa May and Amber Rudd got caught out by the Windrush fiasco, the government’s botched response and what are the political consequences. They don’t hold back in apportioning the blame: how the Conservatives have used immigration for base political advantage since coming to power in 2010. The Mirror’s political team also review the anti-Semitism debate which saw powerful speeches from Luciana Berger, Ruth Smeeth and others. Has Jeremy Corbyn done enough to tackle the problem in the Labour Party? And could it damage Labour at next month’s local elections? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

With the Budget coming up Niall talks to Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth and influential Conservative Stephen Hammond about what they want to hear from the Chancellor. He also chats with the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, and visits Liverpool to investigate mental healthcare provision. #Paterson

Back in May it was Mental Health Awareness week. Newspapers ran stories, MPs dutifully tweeted support, awareness was raised. Fine. But then what? One in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem this year. You’ve probably heard that stat before, or something similar. Politicians certainly have. But despite all the awareness, we as a society and as a nation, still struggle to take this seriously. Most companies still don’t understand the idea of a mental health sick day; governments are still unwilling to properly fund mental health care. If you break you arm, you go to A&E, see a doctor within four hours, and get it fixed. If you are diagnosed with a mental health issue, good luck if you get any treatment on the NHS inside six months. And even then, it probably won’t be very good. In this week’s show, Steve Bloomfield and Stephanie Boland are joined by: · Luciana Berger, shadow minister for mental health · Anoosh Chakelian, New Statesman · Mark Brown, journalist and mental health advocate Get in touch Steve: https://twitter.com/BloomfieldSJ Steph: https://twitter.com/stephanieboland Further reading Mark Brown on why it’s time to take student mental health seriously: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/its-time-to-take-student-mental-health-seriously Anoosh on workplace sick days: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2017/07/i-felt-so-frantic-i-couldn-t-see-my-screen-why-aren-t-we-taking-mental Here’s an interview with Luciana Berger from 2015, just after she became shadow mental health minister: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/04/luciana-berger-mental-health-crisis-minister

Wavertree MP and President of Labour's campaign for mental health, Luciana Berger, joined Mick Coyle on this week's Mental Health Monday. Luciana told Mick that she believes it is a postcode lottery when it comes to mental health services and that mental health funding should be ring-fenced. Also - find out about this year's Liverpool Mental Health festival with Claire Stevens from the Liverpool Mental Health Consortium. Follow Mick Coyle @MrMick Coyle, Luciana Berger MP @lucianaberger & Liverpool Mental Health Consortium @LMHC

Wavertree MP and President of Labour's campaign for mental health, Luciana Berger, joined Mick Coyle on Liverpool Live to talk about how it is a postcode lottery when it comes to mental health services.

Luciana Berger, MP for Wavertree and former Shadow Minister for Mental Health, joined Mick Coyle for the first Mental Health Monday. It comes as Theresa May outlines new plans by the Government to tackle the stigma surrounding mental health - including more training and support in schools and workplaces. Berger says 2017 should be the year where we all open up about our problems.

Matt is joined by Labour rising star Luciana Berger on the latest Political Party Podcast. For future shows visit www.mattforde.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, talks about the links between universities, industry and government in excerpts from a speech delivered at the Triple Helix International Conference – an event co-hosted by The Big Innovation Centre, Birkbeck, and UCL Advances. Luciana Berger, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, then describes her fascinating and enjoyable experiences studying an MSc in Government, Policy and Politics at Birkbeck. She praises the diversity of the student body and explains her support for part-time education. http://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbeck-voices-podcast/birkbeck-voices-podcast-mps2019-views-david-willetts-discusses-research-and-luciana-berger-speaks-about-birkbeck