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Andy Haldane: Burnham's former adviser gives the Budget 4 out of 10

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'We can't leave it to tech bros and oligarchs': AI minister Kanishka Narayan

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Suella Braverman: 'I'm not imposing my idea of Englishness on anyone else'

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Tom Watson: Don't bow to 'mob rule' on Palantir

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We're failing the next generation: Alan Milburn on getting young people into work

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'Can you not hear their rage?': Film-maker Paul Greengrass

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"Weakness is provocative": Shadow Foreign Secretary Tom Tugendhat on the UK's role in the world

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Angela Rayner on her return to the top table: 'It’s good to give people a second chance'

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"It's not a purge!" Kemi Badenoch on forging a future for her party

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'Our donors are brave people': Reform's Robert Jenrick on wealth, power, and the establishment

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We've got a plan: Louise Haigh on her journey back to power

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The Treasury was in denial: John Healey on why he resigned as defence secretary

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What went wrong for Starmer: Morgan McSweeney gives his side of the story

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'A bad start even before he starts' - Welsh First Minister on why trouble's brewing with Burnham

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From Downing Street... to California Governor? Former Tory adviser Steve Hilton on making the Golden State great again

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'We need some daydreaming': lawyer Theodor Meron on surviving the Holocaust, and issuing Netanyahu’s arrest warrant

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Why Starmer will survive: The Attorney General on human rights, small boats, and his ‘dogged’ friend the Prime Minister

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“Inequalities don’t happen by accident” Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson on trans rights, Islamophobia, and why equality still matters

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'What the hell are we doing?' Wes Streeting on his promise to young people, resigning from government, and wanting to be PM

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Why the PM has to go: Miatta Fahnbulleh on being the first minister to break with Starmer

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'It's been a whirlwind': Zack Polanski on storytelling, Zionism and Zackonomics

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From Sky boss to Number 10: Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith

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'We cannot have chaos': Emily Thornberry on the law of war and Labour's struggles

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'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor

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'We're appeasing the tech bros': Beeban Kidron, from film-maker to lawmaker

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Nigel Farage: 'Broken Britain', national identity and lessons from Trump

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How to tell England’s story: James Graham, playwright

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Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv: From boxing to politics

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David Lammy: The old world order isn't coming back

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The union leader who agrees with the Tory leader: Daniel Kebede

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John Swinney: Trump, Independence and Scottish Troops in Ukraine

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Jordan Bardella: The 30-year-old populist hoping to be France's next president

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Kemi Badenoch: Shooting from the hip

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Shabana Mahmood: Racism, Asylum and Me

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'I'm preparing for government': Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth

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'I like it when people underestimate me': Lib Dem leader Ed Davey

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Life after Labour: Zarah Sultana on Palestine, Farage and 'Your Party'

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Gaza, Trump and me: UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher

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Net Zero has become a religion: Claire Coutinho on climate, identity and cooking

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Free Speech Tsar: Arif Ahmed on how to avoid the 'abyss' of political violence

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Bridget Phillipson on life as education secretary

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Preparing Farage for Power: Danny Kruger on defecting to Reform UK

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Lucy Powell: People have lost sense of Labour's values

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'Build Baby Build': The new housing secretary, Steve Reed

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China, Russia and us: Tony Radakin on four years as Chief of the Defence Staff

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The Friedrich Merz One

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The Josh Babarinde One

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The Keir Starmer Prime Minister One

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Trump's America: The Scott Perry One

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The Douglas Alexander One

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The Mel Stride One

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The Jacinda Ardern One

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The Tanni Grey-Thompson One

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The Eluned Morgan One

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The Richard Tice One

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The Joe Biden One

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Bonus: The Rishi Sunak Lessons from Downing Street One - Part 2

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The Rishi Sunak Lessons from Downing Street One

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The Carla Denyer 2025 One

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The Heidi Alexander One

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The Charlie Taylor One

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The Zia Yusuf One

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The Chris Philp One

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The Kim Leadbeater One

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The Rachel Reeves Chancellor One

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The Nick Clegg One

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The Husam Zomlot One

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The Daisy Cooper One

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The Mark Rowley One

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The Darren Jones One

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The Rupert Soames CBI One

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The Kemi Badenoch for Leader One

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The Matt Goodwin One

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The Tzipi Hotovely One

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The John Swinney One

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The Wes Streeting Health Secretary One

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The Mick Whelan One

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The James Cleverly for Leader One

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The Karim Khan International Prosecutor One

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The Liz Kendall One

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The Robert Jenrick 2024 One

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The Pat McFadden in Power One

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The Caitlin Moran One

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The Victoria Atkins One

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The Emma Little-Pengelly One

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The Nigel Farage 2024 One

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The Mariana Mazzucato One

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The Emma Runswick One

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The Shabana Mahmood One

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Bonus episode: The Michelle O’Neill One - Revisited

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The Jeremy Hunt Chancellor One

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The Blair and Hague One

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The Humza Yousaf One

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The Ben Wallace 2023 One

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The Kishwer Falkner One

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The Michael Gove 2023 One

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The Pat McFadden One

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The Michelle Donelan One

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The Radek Sikorski One

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The Nick Gibb One