The i Podcast

Strep-A has killed 16 children and caused panic among parents. The situation has been exacerbated by a lack of vital antibiotic supplies. In this week’s podcast, we take a look at what went wrong – and what it tells us about our Government’s response to infectious diseases in a post-pandemic world.

Joining us to lift the lid on what has hampered the response is i Policy Editor Jane Merrick, who has broken a series of stories during the outbreak about the scramble to supply the vital antibiotics needed to parents of sick children. i Reporter Alannah Francis also joins us to tell us about the frontline medical staff and families that have been swept up in the chaos.

Read Jane's coverage here: https://inews.co.uk/author/jane-merrick

Here are Alannah's reports from the frontline of the outbreak. 

https://inews.co.uk/news/strep-a-mother-girl-symptoms-infection-pharmacy-antibiotics-2017441

https://inews.co.uk/news/antiobiotics-shortage-goverment-supply-issues-lives-risk-2014511

Many of us have had the “saving for a rainy day” adage drilled into us since an early age. So why are increasing numbers of people turning their backs on it, when it comes to their pensions?

The latest DWP figures reveal that one in six people aged 40 to 75 haven’t begun saving for retirement yet, while a quarter will be solely relying on the state pension. Lizzie Anderson has been speaking to those that have decided to live life to the full and go pension free.

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In this week’s episode of The i Podcast, we are taking a deep dive into the divided world of Brexit.

Our exclusive new polling shows that something significant is changing: many of those who voted to leave the EU are now regretting their decision.

To help shed light on what is going on – and what it means for the UK we are joined by North of England reporter Steve Robson who has been pounding the pavements in the towns of Cheshire chatting to voters about how they feel about Britain’s EU exit.

Also joining us from somewhere “deep from the bowels” of Parliament, our Chief Political Commentator Paul Waugh gives us the inside scoop from the much-maligned Westminster bubble and how our politicians are responding to the fallout from Brexit.

Then we are joined by Money and Business reporter Laurie Havelock who has been looking at the growing role of cryptocurrencies in divorce proceedings around the world.

Read more on the polling here: https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/voters-against-brexit-deal-eu-rules-better-trade-2007161

Read Steve's article here: https://inews.co.uk/news/leave-voters-changed-minds-brexit-2002261

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In the third episode of The i Podcast, host Molly Blackall speaks to i Housing Correspondent Vicky Spratt and Chief Political Correspondent Richard Vaughan about Michael Gove’s plan to fix the UK’s housing crisis.

Vicky takes us into the home of Andie Williams, a social housing tenant living in a 60s block in Westminster with her four children, who are just one of many families across the country experiencing the same dangerous levels of mould and damp.

Less than a mile down the road from where Andie lives, Vicky sits down with the Housing Secretary Michael Gove in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to ask him what he plans to do about Britain's poor housing.

In our second segment i‘s Northern Football Correspondent Mark Douglas phones in from Qatar where he’s successfully found the only British pub in Doha. A haven of plentiful beer, trophy-shaped glasses and even fish and chips, he explains why the Red Lion pub has become a gathering spot for fans from all over the world.

Read Mark's article here: https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2022-inside-qatar-only-british-pub-1995981

Catch up on Vicky's coverage of the housing crisis here: https://inews.co.uk/author/vicky-spratt

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On the second episode of The i Podcast, we are joined by our lobby team to discuss the unlikely relationship between new PM Rishi Sunak and elder statesman Gordon Brown, and why they have more in common than you might think.

i's Political Editor Hugo Gye and Deputy Political Editor Arj Singh have uncovered details about Rishi Sunak's relationship with the former Labour PM and what it tells us about the new Government and its attempts to steer the UK through the economic crisis.

We then head over to the streets of Colchester where i's People Writer Eleanor Peake has lifted the lid on the schism in the world of "gimps" and why one man in Essex is angry at the so-called "Somerset gimp" for giving them all a bad name.

Rishi Sunak’s unlikely friendship with Gordon Brown revealed

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunak-friends-gordon-brown-tories-gone-new-labour-help-1981867

The Essex Gimp: ‘The Somerset Gimp is giving gimps a bad name’

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/gimp-man-essex-somerset-community-1975853

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It is undoubtedly one of the strangest World Cups ever. The global "festival of football" kicks off this weekend in the tiny Gulf state of Qatar in a cloud of controversy. 

In this special launch episode of our brand-new weekly podcast, Molly Blackall speaks to i's Chief Football Writer, Daniel Storey in Doha and Special Correspondent, Patrick Strudwick about why this World Cup has come under such scrutiny.

In the 12 years since Qatar was awarded the World Cup, the eyes of the world have turned on the tiny nation of just under three million people. As the Qatari government has pumped billions into building stadiums for the event, criticism has grown over the treatment of the thousands of migrant workers who worked on the projects.  

From Doha, Daniel has written about how the sky-high costs for travelling fans and lingering moral doubts mean that the tournament will "push fan loyalty to the limit".

The president of Fifa,Gianni Infantino, insisted in a press conference in late October that “everyone is welcome in Qatar" but Patrick's reporting has uncovered the brutal reality for LGBT people living in the country and the threats facing visiting LGBT fans. 

Listen as they both debate the controversies and what role star players can take in shining a light on the lack of human rights in Qatar. 

Some of the discussion does contain accounts of sexual violence, so listener discretion is advised.

Produced by Julia Webster. The Executive Producer is Albert Evans.

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Welcome to The i Podcast - bringing you insight and analysis on the most essential stories from the team at i.

Every Wednesday morning our expert journalists will take you behind the headlines of our exclusive reports and in-depth features.

i is for people with open minds - and this is the podcast to help you expand your horizons. Our commitment to you is politics without the spin. News coverage without an axe to grind. Lively opinion, so you hear all sides of the argument.

Whether it's online, or on the newsstand, we are committed to bringing you trusted, non-partisan news and this podcast is no different.

Listen to our trailer for a quick taster of what you can expect to tune into on Wednesday mornings.

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