Commons People

By HuffPost UK

Each week, the HuffPost UK Politics team unpack the biggest stories from Westminster and beyond.

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March 09, 2017 #62 - The Budget Ain't A Budging
The HuffPost UK politics team take a look at the week in Westminster, which this week was filled with the fallout of Philip Hammond's budget and his National Insurance changes for self-employed workers. What are the implications for brexit and Britain in general?
#Budget #philip hammond #theresa may #brexit #lord hesletine

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March 09, 2017 Commons People Live: Jess Phillips
Labour's Jess Phillips sat down with HuffPost UK's Owen Bennett for a special Commons People Live. She discussed Brexit, working in an anti-brexit constituency and whether she'd run to be Labour leader if the opportunity came.
#Jess Phillips #Labour #Commons #brexit #article50 #jeremycorbyn #vote

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35min
March 02, 2017 #61 - It's All Gone Peer-shaped
The HuffPost UK Politics team takes a look at the week in Westminster. This week, Brexit hit the rocks when the motion to trigger Article 50 hit the House of Lords, Nigel Farage gets angsty about not being the anti-elitist elitist and Matt Forde gives an insight into getting up and personal with Alan Johnson.
#Alan Johnson #Brexit #article 50 #House of Lords

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34min
February 23, 2017 #60 - If you tolerate this, then your NHS will be next
The HuffPost UK politics team are down one this week but carry on regardless. Much like a by-elections. This week, the NHS becomes a political tool. Again. Tony Blair makes a visit and schools funding makes a noise.
#tony blair #theresa may #copeland #labour #conservatives

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38min
February 16, 2017 #59 - It's The Cover-up That Gets You
The HuffPost Politics team look at Paul Nuttall's past, the Conservatives' future and Donald Trump's present.
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36min
February 09, 2017 #58 - Protest Votes Are So Passe
The HuffPost UK Politics team take a look at the week in Westminster which this week saw everyone talk about...Brexit! Clive Lewis had enough and wore a suit to say farewell to the shadow cabinet while it all left Diane Abbott with a sore head.
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36min
February 02, 2017 #57 - The "White Paper" Isn't Their Greatest Album
HuffPost UK Politics return from a jaunt across the Atlantic Ocean, where Theresa May tried to be BFFs with Donald Trump. Back home Jeremy Corbyn worked within the system, to mixed results, as the vote on Article 50 hit the Commons.
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33min
January 26, 2017 #56 - Theresa May's Torturous Adventure
This week Westminster heads stateside as PM Theresa May goes to meet Mr Trump in Washington DC. Will his views on torture end our torturous use of "the special relationship"? Elsewhere Brexit proves to be Labour's woe as everyone has an opinion and a fact.
#brexit #donald trump #labour #theresa may #trump #special relationship

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28min
January 19, 2017 #55 The Hard Reality laid out
The HuffPost UK Politics team, sans Ned Simons, delve into the week in Westminster where Theresa May broke her omerta on what sort of Brexit we're having, Nick Clegg said the opposite and Jeremy Corbyn said one thing and looked the other way.
#Theresa May #Brexit #Jeremy Corbyn #EU #Nick Clegg

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33min
January 12, 2017 #54 New Year, New Corbyn, Same Brexit
The HuffPost UK Politics team return for 2017 with jingles! And a look at the world of Westminster, which this week saw the NHS in crisis, Jeremy Corbyn getting rather confused by his own proposal and Brexit continuing to dominate the thoughts and hearts of the politicians everywhere.
#jeremy corbyn #brexit #politics #NHS #theresa may

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FAQs about Commons People:

How many episodes does Commons People have?

The podcast currently has 328 episodes available.