Trading the Union

Mark Carruthers sits down with Senator George Mitchell at Queen's University to discuss his career and crucial role in helping bring peace to Northern Ireland. 

Mark Carruthers speaks to former UUP Leader Doug Beattie about his political life. 

Mark chats to Suzanne Breen, Deirdre Heenan, David McCann & Tim Cairns about the past 12 months in local politics. 

Pippa Crerar, political editor of The Guardian analyses the latest political developments at Westminster. Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Damian Green and Labour MP Sarah Owen discuss whether the government should introduce tax cuts in the forthcoming Budget.This week marks ... Show More

After Boris Johnson laid out his Brexit red lines in a newspaper article, Niall talks to Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green. He also chats to students and former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan about the Conservative Party's future. Dawn Butler joins him to discuss the public se ... Show More

Two of the big conflicts which define British politics- the culture war and the war for the Union, have fused together. The Scottish government's controversial Gender Recognition Bill, which would make it easier for people to legally change their gender and hailed by some as a gr ... Show More

Brexit is climbing its way back up the political charts again. Rishi Sunak says his government won't align with European Union rules, while Keir Starmer has told the CBI conference the UK needs to reduce trade barriers with the EU. Our political reporter Ellen Milligan brings us ... Show More

Today we look at the announcement that Theresa May will leave the commons at the next election with two former close colleagues. Ali Donnelly, her former deputy spokesperson tells Adam what it’s like to receive a death stare from her.Former political adviser Cleo Watson says Brex ... Show More

The Democratic Unionist Party has agreed to end its boycott of Northern Ireland's power-sharing assembly, concluding two years of post-Brexit paralysis. Our reporter Olivia Fletcher joins us from Belfast on the latest deliberations. Plus: Reg Empey, former leader of the Ulster Un ... Show More

Ben Riley-Smith of The Telegraph is joined by a range of guests to analyse the latest developments at Westminster.To discuss Labour's prospects following the local election results, Ben speaks to former Labour leader, Lord Kinnock.Labour candidate and economist Miatta Fahnbulleh, ... Show More

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and PM Liz Truss have made a U-turn on the decision to give the wealthiest 1% of earners a tax cut after facing a backlash. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson explores the political consequences of the U-turn with political correspondent Liz Bates and ... Show More

As EU-UK trade talks move into the last phase, we get views from both ends of the long argument.Richard Tice, former MEP and chairman of the Brexit Party says any deal has to respect sovereignty and be in accord with the wishes of Britain's fishing community.And Brexit transparen ... Show More

Will changes to post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland be enough to keep both hardline Brexiteer Tory MPs and the Democratic Unionist Party onside? Lizzy Burden joins us from Westminster with the latest. Bloomberg's Yuan Potts and Stephen Carroll discuss the impact of a d ... Show More