British Steel has been warning for several days that the raw materials needed to keep its plant's two blast furnaces operational are running out.

The Chinese-owned company says the business is no longer sustainable, and are willing to let the factory cease operations - at the cost of 2,700 jobs.

Labour have 24 hours to buy in new products and make a bid to nationalise the plant.

Will they do it?

Journalist and Video Edit: Ava Santina Evans

Videographer: Oli Johnson

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Today Oli and Ava sit down and catch up after Ava returned from Scunthorpe where Nigel Farage surprisingly called for the steel industry to be nationalised.

We then get into the methods we use to get to work.

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Academic Meadbh Park spends her time interviewing incels.

She swung by JOETowers to chat with Oli about how mainstream media created the blackpill ideology.

Her new book Blackpilled is out now.

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The private rented sector is broken and tenants across the UK have been waiting for the government to ban no-fault evictions.

Labour MP Alex Sobel tabled the amendment that on top of this ban, would see landlords banned from charging tenants more than one months rent up front.

He's also looking at loosening guarantor laws to help more people get into private rentals.

This interview was originally recorded in January 2025.

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Economist Daniel Susskind swung by JOETowers to chat to Ava about what growth is - and if it's even achievable today.

His new book Growth is out now.

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Rent in London has increased by a third over the last 5 years - and wages haven’t. The average rent in the capital is now £2121 a month.

Resultantly, an increasing number of young Brits are living as property guardians in empty schools, police stations, and office blocks, usually awaiting demolition - but is this really a viable solution to the housing crisis?

To find out, junior political correspondent Laura Beveridge visited 27-year-old musician Szofia Rozsa (@rozsa___), who lives in a decommissioned NHS hospital.

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As Keir Starmer looks at more ways to force the nation to watch his favourite TV shows, we are joined by comedian and podcaster Horatio Gould to react to another week of PMQs.

Buy tickets for Horatio's tour here: https://www.mickperrin.com/tours/horatio-gould-return-of-the-space-cowboy/

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