With Parliament back in action in a few days, Sam and Anne look ahead to the packed autumn schedule in Westminster. 
 
In the last episode of the Summer Box Set, both spill the beans on all the latest news and gossip around Westminster, Whitehall and beyond as MPs prepare to come back to the House of Commons.  
 
They’ll mark the important dates in the calendar, break down the fortunes of the key players, and explain which areas could cause trouble for the government. 
 
Normal service resumes on the podcast on Monday, 1st September. 

Is Donald Trump increasingly acting like a dictator as he power grabs and overreaches on independent institutions?

Plus - he’s firing people again. Why?

Mark Stone reflects on seeing an immigration raid in DC - and what this means for a community with the army on the streets.

And, we reflect on the mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which claimed the lives of two children and injured 18 other people as they prayed in a church before school.

You can also watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.

Watch Mark Stone's full piece on the ICE raids on YouTube and on the SkyNews website.

It feels like we're having to pay more and more for the basics every month. New figures released this week showed food inflation has reached an 18-month high of 4.2% - pushed up by household favourites like chocolate, eggs and butter. The energy price cap is also rising, again. So, when will we start to feel a bit better off?  
 
Why is the hangover of the cost of living crisis still lingering? And as the nights draw in, what can be done to survive another cold winter?  
 
On today’s episode, Jonathan Samuels is joined by business correspondent Paul Kelso - who explains why prices remain stubbornly high - and Money blogger Jess Sharp, who offers some advice and tips to struggling households.  
 
Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse and Emily Hulme  
Editor: Mike Bovill  

The total fertility rate for England and Wales - defined as the number of children a woman can expect to have over her lifetime - has fallen to another record low. 
  
It's the third year in a row the rate has fallen, and the biggest decline in fertility is among those aged between 25 and 29, increasing the average age of parents to 31 for mothers and 33.9 for fathers. So, why aren't people in Britain having more babies? 
 
On today’s Sky News Daily, Gareth Barlow is joined by leading demographer Paul Morland to discuss why people in Britain are having fewer children on average, and what could be done to reverse the trend. 
  
Producers: Araminta Parker and Emily Hulme        
Editor: Mike Bovill

Reform UK has outlined its plan to tackle the small boats crisis, which would include detaining and deporting all illegal migrants arriving in the UK. 

Leader Nigel Farage says his party is willing to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, repeal the Human Rights Act and disapply the 1951 UN Refugee Convention for five years to remove barriers to deportations. 

On today's Sky News Daily, Sophy Ridge is joined by Sky's deputy political editor, Sam Coates, to discuss whether Reform's proposals could work. 

Producer: Emily Hulme 
Editor: Mike Bovill

This week, Finnish President Alexander Stubb found himself at the seat of world leaders at the White House, discussing the best route to peace in Ukraine. 
 
How? He mastered the art of befriending Trump. 
 
Tamara Cohen chats to former political adviser in the Finnish government, Joel Linnainmäki, and former diplomat at the Danish embassy in Washington during Trump's first term, Jonas Parello-Plesner, about Stubb's trajectory in the lead up to this huge political moment. 

Producers: Emma Rae Woodhouse, Evan Hall and Emily Hulme  
Editors: Mike Bovill and Philly Beaumont  

Russian oil used to flow into Europe. Now, it's going to India and China instead. 
 
So, could Donald Trump's latest tariff threat against those countries put a squeeze on Russia's economic pipeline and help bring an end to the war in Ukraine? 
 
Despite the warm words and strong handshakes at their Alaskan summit, the Trump White House seems prepared to try new ways to hit Vladimir Putin in the pocket. 
 
But has the failure of the western sanction regime to cripple the Russian economy shown India and China that Trump's trade war bark is worse than his bite?  
On today's episode, Gareth Barlow speaks to Sky's economics and data editor Ed Conway about how the Russian energy landscape has changed and the potential impact on peace in Ukraine.  
 
Producer: Emily Hulme  
Editor: Mike Bovill 

Islamic State is on the rise, once more a threat to the international community. Driven from its strongholds in Syria and Iraq, the terror group has been building a new base in the mountains of Somalia.  
  
Sky’s special correspondent Alex Crawford has visited the cave network where Somali authorities believe the ISIS resurgence began - funded by crime and cryptocurrency in a sophisticated twist to their terror regime.   
  
Alex joined Niall Paterson on The Daily to discuss what she discovered and what it means for the UK and beyond.   
  
You can watch the full documentary, Hunting for ISIS: A Warning From Africa, here:  
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdGr5uxqfak  
  
Producer: Olivia McGhie and Emily Hulme  
Editor: Mike Bovill 
    

Children’s exposure to online porn is higher than ever before. Will new laws designed to keep them safe finally make a difference or end up making matters worse? 
 
Campaigner Ian Russell – whose daughter, Molly, took her own life at the age of 14 after being exposed to harmful content on social media – has criticised sites for still allowing a “tsunami” of inappropriate content to flood the feeds of young users. 
 
Meanwhile, critics say the Online Safety Act has gone too far in curtailing democracy and freedom of speech. So, is the legislation fit for purpose? 
 
On today’s episode, Tamara Cohen speaks to the Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, about what more needs to be done to keep young people safe. Plus, free speech campaigner, Toby Young, argues that parents – rather than the state – should be responsible for what their children view online. 
 
Producer: Emily Hulme 
Editor: Mike Bovill 

Russia and Ukraine have been fighting for control of the Donbas for years, and it has seen some of the most intensive fighting during the conflict.
 
But why is this eastern region of Ukraine, which borders Russia, so important to President Putin? 
  
Tamara Cohen speaks to our security and defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke and our international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn, who's in Kyiv, about why this area is so central to a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.  
  
Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse 
Editor: Wendy Parker