Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock joined Paul Waugh live at Conservatives Conference to talk about his hospital building plans, where the NHS will get its funding from, the sugar tax and Brexit, in a wide ranging interview at the start of the conference.

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After the Supreme Court’s ruling that Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful, MPs returned to Westminster. The debate however immediately descended into what will go down as one of parliament’s lowest moments, with Johnson accused of inflammatory language by friends of murdered MP Jo Cox. Is Brexit not really about Brexit anymore and more about something else?
Outside Westminster, Labour’s party conference in Brighton was dogged by splits. Does it look like a party ready to govern?
Brexit and parliamentary expert at the Institute for Government, Maddy Thimont Jack and Director of the UK In A Changing Europe’s Anand Menon join Arj and Paul to discuss the week.
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Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry joined HuffPost UK's Paul Waugh at the 2019 Labour Conference to talk Brexit, Tom Watson and his relationship with the Labour Party, sparring with Boris Johnson in the Commons and how she thinks the Labour Party can get more female MPs elected.

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It seems like Boris Johnson can’t go anywhere without a barrage of heckles or angry confrontations. As the parties get into election mode, is what the Conservatives felt was their most-loved asset a problem with the electorate?
Hope Not Hate campaigns director and former Labour adviser Matthew McGregor and Ryan Shorthouse, chief executive of moderate Tory Think-thank Bright Blue join Arj and Paul to discuss elections, conference season and whether the Lib Dem surge is tangible.
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With the Commons now suspended for five weeks, Boris Johnson’s controversial plans to force through Brexit on October 31 enters the courts. Scotland’s highest court has ruled that prorogation was unlawful but what will the Supreme Court make of it? While Johnson fights the law, Jeremy Corbyn is fighting members of his own party to hold the line. 
Labour former cabinet minister, Lord Charlie Falconer and former Tory special adviser to Sajid Javid, Salma Shah speak with Arj and Paul about the week in Westminster.
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Westminster returned from it’s summer break and with it the “Rebel Alliance” sought to stop no-deal Brexit from being possible for the new PM Boris Johnson. Whether it was Dominic Cummings or Johnson in a latex mask, the idea to prorogue parliament wasn’t received kindly, not least on Johnson’s own benches in the Commons. HuffPost UK Politics and Chris White from Newingtons takes you through what happened and what’s to come next as Brexit comes ever closer to passing.
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Labour MP invited HuffPost UK's Arj Singh to his Hove constituency to talk about his participation in the Big Tents Ideas festival, how Labour colleagues took to him appearing at "Tory Glasto", and how to stop a no-deal Brexit.

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In a wide-ranging interview with Arj Singh, the MP George Freeman talks about his political festival, the Big Tents Idea Festival, as well how the new government of PM Boris Johnson is trying to think big. He also discusses his innovative role at the department for transport and how he thinks the Conservatives can bring the country back together again.

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Director of The UK In A Changing Europe's Anand Menon joins Arj Singh, Rachel Wearmouth and Paul Waugh to discuss Boris Johnson taking the reins of the Tory Party, beginning with a purge of the cabinet few expected. Does it suggest a looming election?

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Maddy Thimont Jack of The Institute of Government and Henry Newman of Open Europe join Paul Waugh and Arj Singh to talk through the week in Westminster. As Boris Johnson looks to become new leader for the Conservatives, the Commons tries to keep control over the Brexit process. Meanwhile, are the wolves at the door for Team Corbyn? 

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