EPISODE · Nov 17, 2025 · 35 MIN
Labour's asylum seeker crackdown + Starmer snubs Swinney
from The National Podcast · host The National Podcast
We dig into the asylum changes planned by the UK Government, what they mean and the impending political fall-out. As Keir Starmer rejects a Budget meeting with John Swinney, why won't the UK co-operate with Scotland? And with Reform's only MSP admitting they only have two policies, what hope do they have at Holyrood 26. With Editor Laura Webster, Multimedia Reporter Laura Pollock and Westminster Reporter Hamish Morrison. Subscribe for just £20 for a whole year at thenational.scot/subscribe
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We dig into the asylum changes planned by the UK Government, what they mean and the impending political fall-out. As Keir Starmer rejects a Budget meeting with John Swinney, why won't the UK co-operate with Scotland? And with Reform's only MSP admitting they only have two policies, what hope do they have at Holyrood 26. With Editor Laura Webster, Multimedia Reporter Laura Pollock and Westminster Reporter Hamish Morrison. Subscribe for just £20 for a whole year at thenational.scot/subscribe
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