The Week in Westminster

The Week in Westminster episodes:

• 05.25.2024

  25/05/2024

  The BBC's Deputy Political Editor, Vicki Young, hosts a live edition of The Week in Wesminster, in the week the general election was announced. Joining her in the studio: The Spectator's Political Editor, Katy Balls, the Financial Times' Political Editor,...

  
• 05.18.2024

  18/05/2024

  Sonia Sodha of The Observer assesses the latest developments at Westminster. Following the Prime Minister's speech on global insecurity she speaks to former Conservative Defence Secretary, Sir Liam Fox MP, and former Labour International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander. Theo Bertram,...

  
• 05.11.2024

  11/05/2024

  Ben Riley-Smith of The Telegraph is joined by a range of guests to analyse the latest developments at Westminster. To discuss Labour's prospects following the local election results, Ben speaks to former Labour leader, Lord Kinnock. Labour candidate and economist...

  
• 05.04.2024

  04/05/2024

  Steve Richards analyses the results of the local elections - and what it means for a general election - with a panel of journalists: George Parker, political editor of the Financial Times; Sonia Sodha, chief leader writer at The Observer...

  
• 04.27.2024

  27/04/2024

  George Parker of the Financial Times is joined by a range of guests to analyse the latest developments at Westminster. To discuss the boost to defence spending pledged by Rishi Sunak, he speaks to Labour peer and former head...

  
• 04.20.2024

  20/04/2024

  Sonia Sodha of The Observer is joined by a range of guests to analyse the latest developments at Westminster. To discuss the confrontation between Israel and Iran she speaks to former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith and former British...

  
• 03.23.2024

  23/03/2024

  Steve Richards is joined by a panel of guests to discuss the political landscape ahead of a general election. Steve is joined by The Spectator's Fraser Nelson, Whitehall Editor at the Financial Times, Lucy Fisher, and Britan Editor at the...

  
• 03.09.2024

  09/03/2024

  Pippa Crerar, political editor at The Guardian, dicusses the Budget with Dame Angela Eagle, Labour MP on the treasury Select Committee and Stephen Hammond, Conservative MP on the treasury Select Committee. She then discusses the Rwanda legislation in the House...

  
• 03.02.2024

  02/03/2024

  Bloomberg's Emily Ashton discusses the latest developments at Westminster. Emily is joined by Lord Barwell, who served as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Theresa May in Downing Street, and former political adviser to the Labour Party, John McTernan, as...

  
• 02.24.2024

  24/02/2024

  Following the chaotic scenes in Parliament on Wednesday Sonia Sodha of The Observer analyses the political week. Dr Ruth Fox of The Hansard Society explains why an opposition day debate about Gaza, and calls for a ceasefire, descended in to...

  
• 02.10.2024

  10/02/2024

  Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

  
• 02.02.2024

  03/02/2024

  Ben Riley-Smith of The Daily Telegraph discusses the latest developments at Westminster in the week that the Democratic Unionist Party ended its boycott of the Northern Ireland Assembly after reaching a deal with the UK government over post-Brexit trading arrangements....

  
• 01.27.2024

  27/01/2024

  Pippa Crerar, political editor of The Guardian analyses the latest political developments at Westminster. Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Damian Green and Labour MP Sarah Owen discuss whether the government should introduce tax cuts in the forthcoming Budget. This...

  
• 01.19.2024

  20/01/2024

  Paul Waugh, chief political commentator of the i Newspaper, assesses the latest developments in Westminster. In a week of challenges for the Conservative Party over their Rwanda plan, Paul is joined by Sir John Hayes MP and Labour's Baroness...

  
• 01.13.2024

  13/01/2024

  George Parker, political editor of the Financial Times, assesses the latest developments at Westminster as the Prime Minister authorises air strikes against Houthi rebels in the Red Sea and pays a surprise trip to Ukraine. George speaks to former UK...

  
• 12.16.2023

  16/12/2023

  Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

  
• 12.09.2023

  09/12/2023

  Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

  
• 12.02.2023

  02/12/2023

  The Observer's Sonia Sodha and guests look back on the political week. Conservative MP Danny Kruger and executive co-chair of the National Care Association Nadra Ahmed discuss migration and social care. Labour MP and former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw and...

  
• 11.25.2023

  25/11/2023

  Ben Riley-Smith and guests look back on a week in which the general election battle lines became clearer. Did the Chancellor's Autumn Statement give with one hand to take away with another? Are the UK's net migration figures unsustainably...

  
• 11.18.2023

  18/11/2023

  What's the future for the UK's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda? Does Rishi Sunak have an ideological core? What are the UK's big challenges on the world stage? And what role does the 'people's channel' GB News have...

  
• 11.11.2023

  11/11/2023

  Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

  
• 10.28.2023

  28/10/2023

  Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

  
• 10.21.2023

  21/10/2023

  Is Labour on course for government after its historic by-election wins? How are MPs personally affected by the Israel Gaza conflict? Are politicians operating in an era of no money? And might Rishi Sunak defy the bookies and call a...

  
• 09.16.2023

  16/09/2023

  Paul Waugh, chief political commentator for the i paper, analyses the latest developments at Westminster. Following reports that a Parliamentary researcher had been arrested amid claims of spying for Beijing, Paul assesses the state of UK-China relations with Conservative MP,...

  
• 09.09.2023

  09/09/2023

  Sonia Sodha of The Observer analyses the latest developments at Westminster as politicians return from their summer break. Following the concrete crisis in schools she speaks to the Conservative chairman of the Education Select Committee and former education minister, Robin...

  
• 07.22.2023

  22/07/2023

  Steve Richards and guests discuss the fallout from the by-elections - and the challenges facing the main political parties - with a panel of journalists: Pippa Crerar, Political Editor of the Guardian; Fraser Nelson, Editor of The Spectator magazine and...

  
• 07.15.2023

  15/07/2023

  The i Newspaper's Chief Political Commentator, Paul Waugh, discusses the biggest political stories of the week with guests. Paul Waugh discusses the public sector pay settlements with former Treasury Minister, Dame Angela Eagle, and the Conservative Chair of the Education Select...

  
• 07.08.2023

  08/07/2023

  Isabel Hardman, Assistant Editor of The Spectator, discusses the week's biggest political stories of the week with guests. Isabel Hardman discusses the future direction of the Conservative Party with Conservative MP Danny Kruger and Gavin Barwell, Conservative peer and former chief...

  
• 07.01.2023

  01/07/2023

  As the Government unveils its long-awaited NHS workforce plan George Parker of The Financial Times is joined by the chairman of the Health Select Committee, Steve Brine MP, and Labour peer and former NHS clinician, Robert Winston. After the Court...

  
• 10.15.2022

  15/10/2022

  Top commentators review the political week

  
• 09.24.2022

  24/09/2022

  Review of the political week, including the new government under Liz Truss, and the challenges facing Labour. Presented by writer and broadcaster Steve Richards, with guests Isabel Hardman, assistant editor, The Spectator; Sebastian Payne, whitehall editor, The Financial Times; and...

  
• 09.10.2022

  10/09/2022

  Ben Wright and guests reflect on a momentous week following the death of Queen Elizabeth and the ascendancy of King Charles within days of Liz Truss becoming prime minister. The panel includes the political editor of the Financial Times George...

  
• 07.23.2022

  23/07/2022

  Top commentators review the political week

  
• 07.16.2022

  16/07/2022

  George Parker of the Financial Times is joined by Foreign Office minister Vicky Ford MP and former Home Office minister Rachel McClean MP to review the first full week of the Conservative leadership campaign. With most of the leadership contenders promising...

  
• 07.09.2022

  09/07/2022

  Ben Wright and guests reflect on a dramatic week in Westminster following Boris Johnson's announcement that he will resign as Prime Minister. The panel includes the political commentator Steve Richards, Isabel Hardman, Assistant Editor at the Spectator and Matthew Goodwin,...

  
• 07.02.2022

  02/07/2022

  Pippa Crerar of the Daily Mirror discusses the war in Ukraine and the implications for UK defence spending with the chair of RUSI, and former de facto Deputy Prime Minister, Sir David Lidington, and the Director of the Institute for...

  
• 06.24.2022

  25/06/2022

  Ben Riley-Smith of the Daily Telegraph is joined by Conservative MP Miriam Cates and James Johnson, former pollster in Downing Street for Theresa May to discuss the by-election results in Tiverton and Honiton in Devon and Wakefield in West Yorkshire...

  
• 06.18.2022

  18/06/2022

  Top commentators review the political week

  
• 06.11.2022

  11/06/2022

  Isabel Hardman from The Spectator reviews an eventful week in Westminster. She's joined by the former Conservative Party Chairman, Lord Baker, and the Conservative MP Danny Kruger to discuss how long Boris Johnson can survive after the vote of confidence...

  
• 05.28.2022

  28/05/2022

  Top commentators review the political week.

  
• 05.21.2022

  21/05/2022

  BBC Political Correspondent Ben Wright is joined by Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake and Labour MP Dame Angela Eagle to discuss the cost of living crisis and partygate. Former Head of the Army and crossbench peer Lord Dannatt analyses whether Ukraine...

  
• 05.14.2022

  14/05/2022

  George Parker of the Financial Times is joined by the former chief whip and Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith MP and the Labour leader in the Lords, Angela Smith, who also speaks on Northern Ireland to discuss the Queen's Speech...

  
• 05.07.2022

  07/05/2022

  Anne McElvoy analyses the results of the elections for local councils in England, Scotland and Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly with a panel of commentators: Daily Telegraph associate editor, Christopher Hope; the FT's Whitehall editor, Sebastian Payne; and Sonia...

  
• 04.30.2022

  30/04/2022

  Pippa Crerar of the Daily Mirror is joined by the former Leader of the House of Commons, Dame Andrea Leadsom MP, and Pete Wishart MP from the SNP to discuss the role of the independent panel set up to deal...

  
• 04.23.2022

  23/04/2022

  Sebastian Payne of the Financial Times is joined by the chair of the Privileges Committee, Chris Bryant MP and cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg MP to discuss the partygate scandal The government's plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda is...

  
• 04.02.2022

  02/04/2022

  Top commentators review the political week

  
• 03.26.2022

  26/03/2022

  Paul Waugh from the i newspaper is joined by former secretary-general of NATO, Lord George Robertson to assess the Ukraine war and NATO's response. The Chancellor's spring statement is debated by two former Treasury ministers, Conservative MP Jesse Norman and Labour...

  
• 03.19.2022

  19/03/2022

  Ben Wright is joined by former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt MP to assess the Ukraine war and the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The plight of the Ukrainian refugees is discussed by the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey MP who...

  
• 03.12.2022

  12/03/2022

  The Ukraine war with the Conservative former defence secretary Dr Liam Fox and Labour's Nia Griffith. Britain's economic outlook and cost of living crisis, with The Resolution Foundation's Torsten Bell and crossbench peer Baroness Wheatcroft. Fracking and the direction of the Conservative...

  
• 03.05.2022

  05/03/2022

  Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster