Today in Parliament

Today in Parliament

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Today in Parliament episodes

  • 19/10/2026

    Sean Curran reports as MPs debate a proposed new law to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles and Defence Secretary Wes Streeting tells the armed forces to live within their means. A space entrepreneur has a warning about AI and peers debate how the BBC should be funded.

    29 min
  • 16/10/2026

    Sean Curran reports as MPs discuss the first-ever severe drought recorded in the UK. Also - why heritage pubs needed to be protected. And a father argues that health professionals need to look at suicide risk differently.

    29 min
  • 15/10/2026

    Alicia McCarthy reports as a Minister is urged to apologised over a "Glastonbury-ticket scramble" for farm payments in England. MPs try to find out more about the promised "National Care Service" and peers debate alleged Russian attempts to interfere in British democracy.

    29 min
  • 13/10/2026

    Alicia McCarthy reports as MPs question a Justice Minister on the day around 650 offenders are released early from prisons in England and Wales.

    29 min
  • 17/09/2026

    Susan Hulme reports as the government warns Conservatives not to pit defence spending against welfare.

    15 min
  • 15/09/2026

    Susan Hulme reports as the Health Secretary announces plans for video monitors in hospital neonatal units and there are objections to proposals for a 'tourist tax.'

    29 min

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