The Big Story:

The Other Topics:

That No.10 party – do we give a damn?

We are joined by Cat Cray, activist in the RMT Union and the Assistant General Secretary of the RMT, Steve Hedley to talk about their actions, their solidarity and what makes a strike work!

The Big Story:   

Covid Crisis and the NHS    

The Other Topics: 

1.       Labour’s main union backer says it will cut political funding 

2.       Starmer’s reshuffle  

3.       Family costs predicted to rise

The Big Story:

· UK ministers urged to ‘stop playing politics’ over Channel crossings. (2, 3, 4, 5)

The Other Topics:

1. Speaker announces review on bringing babies into Commons. (2)

2. Priti Patel quietly adds further measures to the policing bill. (2, 3, 4)

3. New Covid variant. (2, 3 … and 4).

The Big Story: 

•       NHS is at breaking point and putting patients at high risk, bosses warn.    

The Other Topics: 

1.       ‘A betrayal of the north’: HS2 and levelling up 

2.       The England social care cap: how will it work and is it fair?

Cop 26 has been a game of blame and broken promises. We discuss why capitalism can only deepen the climate crisis.  

Other stories  

Have we lost sight of the true meaning of Remembrance Day?  

The Poland-Belarus border migrant crisis.

The Big Story is the Owen Paterson scandal   

Other Topics  

• Yorkshire Cricket Club racism scandal  

• Bonfire Night: Should we ban noisy fireworks for our pets’ sake  

• Charge … retreat!  Boris Johnson’s top U-turns in No 10

Aoife Mercedes Rodriguez-Uruchurtu, Carlos Tornel and  Liam Tuckwood join host Paul Daly to discuss why COP26 was a con and why capitalism will never solve the climate crisis.

The Big Story is the UK  Budget?  

 Other Stories  Was Angela Rayner right to back down on her ‘Tory Scum’ comment?  

Spiking – a storm in a wine glass?   

Israel bans six Palestinian NGOs – what can we do about Palestine?

The Big Story is the government's Net Zero by 2050 strategy  

Other Topics:  With Covid running out of control, why are the Tories doing nothing?   

Brace yourself for poverty: UK inflation rising as economy stutters