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Join us as we take a look at the party leaders’ questions to PM Andy Burnham in PMQs.

Has the point scoring ceased?

Will the questions be worthy of an answer?

Will there be spoilers ahead of the Budget the following week?

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Our report of Portsmouth City Council's meeting of the full council, October 13th 2026.

Which items on the agenda provoked thoughtful and revelatory debate? Which we met with partisan point scoring?

Listen as we take a look at the agenda and the four notices of motion put before the council.

• 11a - Establishment of a Fully Accurate and Maintained HMO Register for Portsmouth (Inman / Dent REFORM)
• 11b - LGR - Cost to Local Taxpayers and Government Reimbursement (Bosher / Gardner CON)
• 11c - National Emergency Briefing on Climate and Nature (Heaney / Vallely LAB)
• 11d - Protecting Youth Voices and UK Youth Parliament (Barrett / Horton LIBDEM) withdrawn as Cllr Horton was not at the meeting.
• 11e - Supporting the RNLI and Consideration of the Grant of the Freedom of the City to Portsmouth Lifeboat Station (GVJ / Ansell LIBDEM)

PCC's agenda, and links to documents and full meeting:- https://democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=146&MId=5980Support Pompey Politics Podcast

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Party conference season is over.

MPs make their way back to Westminster. In this the third PMQs of PM Andy Burnham faces questions from Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch & others.

Will the conference positivity survive in the House of Commons?

What questions will the PM be facing?

Will there be answers?

What will the other parties and voters learn as we countdown to the budget in two weeks time.

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The MPs head back to parliament, the party members head back home. Are they excited, energised and emboldened by their party’s conference?

What were the key policy announcements from the Reform, Conservative, Labour, Green or Liberal Democrat conferences?

We take a look at the party conferences from the five major UK parties.

If you went to a political party conference, let us know your experience.

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Billy was elected for the first time in May’s elections in Fratton (Portsmouth)

What is it like after the high of the declaration in May?

We’ll be asking him how the last five months have been?

What has he learned?

What has been the most surprising thing about being a councillor?

Questions we asked Billy:-

1. What made you want to stand for local council?
2. Fratton is a ward where we can make a case for several parties winning, when did you think you were going to win? and be honest was it a shock?
3. What is it that drew you to Fratton?
4. What are the three biggest issues facing residents in Fratton?
5. (five months in) What are your most and least favourite parts of being a Councillor? What's been the biggest surprise?
6. What would October Billy most want to share with April Billy, if you could?
7. Your thoughts on LGR and the pause (is it dead or just resting) ?
8. What's your view on last week's extraordinary full council meeting and the events leading up to it?
9. If money and political power were no object - and you had the power to - what one policy or change would you make for the residents of Fratton?

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September 23rd Portsmouth City Council, in an extraordinary full council meeting called by Portsmouth's Reform group heard their motion about the events September 6th where over a hundred rescued people were landed at Eastney jetty.

In a raucous meeting, at times more reflective of a football match than council chamber, rhetoric and hyperbole were in limitless supply.

What was the motion calling for?

Who made deputations to the council for or against the motion?

What issues were raised by councillors?

What was the result of the vote?

Listen as we take you through the meeting, the deputations, amendments and debate from opening remarks to summing up and the vote.

Agenda on PCC's calendar

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After a tumultuous week in and around Portsmouth we take a look at two big issues of the week.

Demonstrators took to the streets in Eastney last weekend in protest against its use to land rescued occupants from a small boat.

On Monday central government announced the delay of the planned Local Government Reogranisation that was set to replace existing local councils and county council. We’ll have interviews from Martin Tod & Anna Collar, the Lib Dem and Green Mayoral Candidates for Hampshire and the Solent.

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Just time to get another round of PMQs in before parliament enters recess for party conference season next week.

Will Burnham’s 2nd outing at PMQs as PM build on last week, or will Kemi Badenoch find the change of style or presentation to best him as leader of the opposition?

Join us as we watch the leaders’ questions. Let us know who you think faired best, who had the most relevant question, and were the answers forthcoming?

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Join us as we take a look at the leaders’ questions for PM Andy Burnham’s first PMQs.

How will his style differ from that of his predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer?

Will there be as many answers as there are questions?

Will he get a light touch, easy first outing or will the opposition pull no political punches and start as they mean to go on?

Production note: A technical issue present in the original livestream has been removed in this edit. We have also corrected the accidental omission of Ed Davey's first question to Andy Burnham, and added this into the audio, however Simon & Ian did not hear this in the livestream.

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Planning is often a contentious part of a local council’s responsibilities. Whether it’s about building an extension to your home, a new supermarket being built in your area or a house converted into an HMO (house of multiple occupancy).

Local Council Planning Committees have to navigate the sometimes competing requirements of passion versus process.

• How does this actually work?
• What powers do the Council actually have?
• What say does your local Councillor have?
• Is it consistent & fair?
• What happens when it goes wrong?

What difference will the recent government changes make to the look, feel and efficacy of local planning committees?

To help us bust the myths we’re joined by Chair of Portsmouth City Council’s Planning Committee, Cllr Suzy Horton.

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