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Does Rishi Sunak’s budget speech show the Tories have finally dumped Osbornomics to instead channel John McDonnell? With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Jeevun Sandher. What’s in Rishi Sunak’s Budget?

Should we all be vegan or vegetarian? Does climate change require a new relationship to nature and non-human animals? And will Covid-19 be the moment when we realise industrial farming carries devastating, unacceptable risks? Aaron Bastani speaks to the author of ‘Animal Liberation’ and professor of bioethics at Princeton University, Peter Singer.

With the vaccine rollout going well, the one thing that could disrupt the route back to pre-covid normality is the spread of a new immune resistant strain. So how worried should we be about the arrival of the Brazil variant in Britain, and does this show Boris Johnson’s travel rules aren’t fit for purpose? Michael […]

The Supreme Court have ruled Shamima Begum has no right to return to Britain to appeal the removal of her citizenship. Is the UK abdicating responsibility? Shamima Begum Can’t Come Home

Following the headlines of recent years, you might be forgiven for thinking the problem of sex and power can be solved just by thinking about consent. But what if consent was only the beginning, not the final answer, to the question of desire? What would it mean to face the intractability and difficulty of sexual […]

Labour have confirmed that if Rishi Sunak raises corporation tax at next week’s budget, they will vote against it. Has Starmer’s single-minded obsession with reassuring swing voters meant Labour are now to the right of the Tories on tax? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.   Starmer Outflanked by Tories on Corporation Tax

Does the right actually care about free speech? Why do many think Britain has a unique history of defending freedom of expression when evidence suggests otherwise? And why should free speech matter to the left? Aaron Bastani speaks to the editor of Tribune magazine, Ronan Burtenshaw.

Boris Johnson delivers his roadmap out of lockdown. Do his plans for students to all return on the 8th March risk a resurgence? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar. The Exit Plan

Was Keir Starmer’s “relaunch” speech an example of astute political positioning or a damp squib. We ask James Meadway, the former advisor to John McDonnell, who proposed “recovery bonds” a week before they were endorsed by the Labour leader. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial. Starmer’s Reboot Speech

A key architect of Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign now believes that the Labour leader has wasted a year being soft on the Tories, and needs a change of course. Will he listen? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani. Starmer Called Out by Key Ally