<p>The shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves is in the studio.
She promises to hand more power to the UK economic watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), discusses Sir Keir Starmer’s comments on common ground with the EU, and tells Adam where Labour is on HS2.
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Yesterday
Nigel Farage’s Deportation Plan
Today, Reform UK has set out a five-year plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission and suggested 600,000 people could be sent back over five years.Under the plan, named Operation Restoring Justice, Reform UK would bar anyone who comes to the U ... Show More
40m 9s
Aug 24
Episode 2 - Old Newscast: The Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, 1991 (Part 2)
On the 24 February 1991 The ground operation in Kuwait begun. After 6 weeks of decisive air offenses, allied forces moved in with the mission to expel what was left of Saddam Hussein’s military presence in Kuwait.Adam is joined again by three BBC reporters who were in the region ... Show More
28m 32s
Aug 23
Episode 1 - Old Newscast: The Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, 1991 (Part 1)
On the 17th January 1991, a US led coalition began its air offensive into neighbouring Kuwait, which had been invaded the year before by the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein. Codenamed operation ‘Desert Storm’, it marked the defining chapter of the first Gulf War - a conflict which h ... Show More
28m 20s
Jun 2024
Who is the real Nigel Farage?
From his school days to how he made his money, the friends he’s made (and lost) to his wives, mistresses, and allegations of facism and racism, which he denies, who is the real Nigel Farage?The full list of Clacton candidatesThis podcast was brought to you thanks to the support o ... Show More
31m 6s
Jun 2024
Money Money Money (Keir Starmer's version)
In the words of ABBA, and Keir Starmer, Money Money Money - the Labour leader announced this morning in Manchester that wealth creation was the ‘number one priority’ for the party.
Hannah Barnes, associate editor, is joined by Rachel Cunliffe, associate political editor, and seni ... Show More
32m 23s
Feb 2024
The Post Office scandal - more trouble on the Horizon?
The former chair of the Post Office, Henry Staunton, who was dismissed last month, claims he was told by a top civil servant to "hobble into the election" and delay payouts to sub-postmasters, in a newly released memo. But Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch told MPs there's "no evi ... Show More
22m 46s