09/07/2025

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 

David Cornock reports as MPs question the Government about planned strike action by doctors. 

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as President Macron tells parliamentarians that the UK and France must defend the post-war international order. 

Chancellor Rishi Sunak strongly hints that the furlough scheme and other coronavirus support will be extended in the Budget. He refuses to deny he told Conservative colleagues that he plans to raise taxes now so he can cut them before the next election. He also warns that the pub ... Show More

From 6th July, everyone in work will see a cut in the taxes they pay. It's because the level of pay at which National Insurance begins will be raised. Two million people on part-time low pay will not pay any national insurance at all. Ministers say it's a tax cut of 330 pounds pe ... Show More

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says that he will give the NHS "whatever it needs" to deal with coronavirus. He also outlines plans to move a fifth of Treasury workers to the north of England. Labour MP Rosie Duffield speaks powerfully about her experience of domestic abuse. Layla Moran a ... Show More

As Australians rally against violence towards women, the Prime Minister calls a National Cabinet meeting to discuss what can be done. 

New British finance minister Jeremy Hunt scraps mini-budget in effort to restore economic stability. Also, the explosive Iranian-made drones over Kyiv; a harrowing report on the drought in Somalia; and the K-Pop band going for military service. (Photo: British PM Liz Truss leaves ... Show More

This week we analyse prime minister Boris Johnson’s game on social care reform, what the plan involves and whether the Conservative party and its voters will swallow tax rises. Political editor George Parker and economics editor Chris Giles dissect the details.Plus we look at how ... Show More

In this episode of The Provider Podcast we focus on health inequalities. The need to tackle unjust and avoidable differences in people’s health has been a longstanding concern, but the issue has shot up the agenda in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Host Susan Bahl talks to Rac ... Show More