The Peston Podcast

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ How do we make our streets and homes safer for women?
❷ Has the #MeToo movement led to a reduction in sexism?
❸ Why are the under 50s being asked to wait longer for their vaccinations?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down Home Secretary Priti Patel MP, Director of the Francis Crick Institute Sir Paul Nurse, Best-selling Author Roxane Gay, Labour’s Shadow Home Office Minister Jess Phillips MP and the Conservative Maria Miller MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Is there racism in the Royal family? Is there racism in the tabloid press?
❷ Are relations with the European Union only going to get worse since we left the European Union?
❸ Are nurses getting the right pay rise?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Actor and campaigner Steve Coogan, EU Ambassador to the United Kingdom João Vale de Almeida, Former England Footballer John Barnes, Labour’s Rebecca Long-Bailey MP and the Conservative Caroline Nokes MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing two big topics:

❶ Is Rishi Sunak’s current splurge in spending, and proposed tax increases a few years later, the right recipe to fix Britain’s economy after covid?
❷ What impact will the battle between Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon have on the SNP’s hopes of making Scotland independent and the upcoming elections?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Stephen Barclay MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy MP, Political Scientist at the University of Strathclyde Sir John Curtice, Former Shadow Chancellor Labour’s John McDonnell MP and the Conservative’s Former Education Secretary Baroness Morgan.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Is the Prime Minister’s route out of lockdown too fast or too slow?
❷ Will we be able to escape to the sun this summer?
❸ How is the pandemic affecting young people’s mental health?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP, Epidemiologist, Imperial College London Professor Neil Ferguson, UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador Dr. Alex George, Labour’s Shadow Business Minister Lucy Powell MP and the Chair of the Covid Recovery Group Mark Harper MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ What can we learn from Israel on how and when to ease lockdown?
❷ Will we need vaccine ‘passports’ to go to the pub in the UK?
❸ And will dishonest holiday-makers really have to spend ten years in prison for breaking the rules?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Justice Secretary Robert Buckland MP, Israel’s Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein, Russell T Davies writer of ‘It’s a Sin’ and ‘Doctor Who‘, Labour’s Shadow Communities Minister Naz Shah MP and the Conservative Steve Baker MP.

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This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ When will it be safe to ease lockdown and relax social distancing measures?
❷ Has the Northern Ireland protocol started a process that will inevitably lead to Northern Ireland leaving the UK?
❸ Is the government doing enough to protect people who are living in unsafe buildings?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP, First Minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster MLA, Epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Professor John Edmunds, plus Labour’s Shadow Minister for Social Care Liz Kendall MP and the former Downing Street Chief of Staff Nick Timothy.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re reflecting on the way out of the COVID19 crisis, and discussing how life will, possibly, change forever. Also:

❶ Are we winning against the virus? There’s been a, so far, successful vaccination programme in the UK, but we’re seeing the emergence of mutations across the country, what does that mean?
❷ How safe will it be to ease lockdown and when?
❸ Is the government doing enough to provide support to those suffering from mental health conditions because of COVD19?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Minister for Mental Health Nadine Dorries MP, State Epidemiologist of Sweden Anders Tegnell, Labour’s Former Shadow Women’s and Equalities Minister Dawn Butler MP and the Conservative's Former Brexit Secretary David Davis MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Has the Prime Minister really done everything he could to protect us from the virus?
❷ Will schools reopen on March 8th?
❸ Are there going to be problems down the track with the supply of the vaccine?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Professor of Immunology at Imperial College Professor Robin Shattock
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Labour’s Shadow Home Office Minister Jess Phillips MP and Conservative Dehenna Davison MP

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ What does the end of Trump and the beginning of Biden mean for America?
❷ What are the prospects of a UK-US free trade deal?
❸ What will Trump’s legacy be?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney TD, Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss MP, Writer and Director Armando Iannucci, plus Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker and Former Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Is lockdown working in driving down the rate of infection?
❷ When will schools reopen?
❸ What does Trump's impeachment mean for him and America?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston, and Anushka Asthana, as they sit down with Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, former British Ambassador to the United States Lord Darroch plus former Education Secretary Baroness Morgan and Labour’s Shadow Minister for Schools Wes Streeting MP.

This podcast features the best interviews and political commentary from Wednesday night’s Peston show on ITV.