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Helping you make sense of politics – every weekday. Anoosh Chakelian, Oli Dugmore and the New Statesman team bring you sharp reporting, clear analysis and thoughtful conversations to help you understand what’s really going on in Westminster and beyond. The New Statesman is Britain’s leading source of news and commentary on politics and culture with a progressive perspective. On Daily Politics, our journalists and expert guests cut through the noise of the headlines to explain the forces shaping our world. From the battles inside the Labour Party to the future of the Conservatives, from the rise of Reform UK to the debates that dominate Parliament, we provide the clarity you need to follow UK politics. -- START HERE: ▶︎ Kemi Badenoch isn't working | Cover Story with Tom McTague ▶︎ Do billionaires really benefit the UK? ▶︎ One year of Labour rule: can things still only get better? -- LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱Download and subscribe in the New Statesman app to enjoy all our episodes without the ads. -- MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question - we answer them on the podcast every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter in your inbox every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday -- JOIN US: ⭐️ Treat yourself or someone special to big ideas, bold politics and proper journalism from just £2 this Christmas when you subscribe to the New Statesman. Subscribe today at newstatesman.com/xmaspod25 -- Hosts: Anoosh Chakelian Oli Dugmore Regular contributors and co-hosts: Tom McTague, Editor-in-chief Will Lloyd, Deputy editor Andrew Marr, Political editor George Eaton, Senior editor, politics Hannah Barnes, Associate editor Rachel Cunliffe, Associate political editor Will Dunn, Business editor Megan Gibson, Foreign editor Katie Stallard, Global affairs editor Tanjil Rashid, Culture editor Kate Mossman, Senior writer Production team: Senior podcast producer: Catharine Hughes Video producer: Rob Le Mare Assistant producer: Biba Kang Executive producer: Chris Stone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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If you are raped in London today, you could be waiting until 2030 for a trial.
Justice secretary David Lammy has stated that 60 per cent of rape victims drop their cases whilst waiting for the trial. Rape Crisis estimates 1 in 6 women go to the police.
Oli Dugmore is joined by Labour MP Natalie Fleet, who has written for the New Statesman on the fight for justice for victims of rape.
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Why does the Reform leader spend so much time in the US? Freddie Hayward has been speaking to him to find out.
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Winston Churchill had an American mother. Boris Johnson was a dual citizen. But if Nigel Farage makes it to Downing Street, he’ll have closer ties to the US than any other British PM.
That’s the argument of our correspondent Freddie Hayward, who joins Oli Dugmore on Daily Politics.
He's been spea...
Keir Starmer described Green party policy as “nuts” and “dangerous” in an interview with the Observer yesterday. But is he underestimating one of Labour’s biggest threats?
And is Starmer alienating a generation of young voters who might run into the arms of Zack Polanski?
Rachel Cunliffe is joined by George Eaton and Will Dunn.
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As the UK grapples with cost of living pressures, geopolitical shocks and a shifting political landscape, the case for net zero remains strong - but the story around it seems to have stalled.
How can policymakers, businesses and campaigners reconnect climate action with public priorities such as jobs, growth, energy security and household bills?
In this episode host Jon Bernstein is joined by Benj Sykes, UK Country Manager at Ørs...
Is the Labour Party holding true to its founding principles? Have we lost trust in the police? Are we in a recession?
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Luke O’Reilly and Rachel Cunliffe to answer your questions.
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A recent result from pollsters Find Out Now has put Labour support at just 14%, behind Reform, the Tories and the Greens.
Just how bad are these polling numbers for Labour?
Oli Dugmore is joined by the New Statesman’s senior data journalist and polling expert Ben Walker to discuss.
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Four senior Labour politicians are on manoeuvres. Ailbhe Rea reveals who's in the running to replace Keir Starmer.
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Keir Starmer has become desperately unpopular. All eyes now are looking towards the May 2026 local elections. A disappointing performance by Labour could prompt the Prime Minister to resign. And senior Labour figures are already positioning themselves to replace him.
Ailbhe Rea and Rachel Cunliffe join Ano...
After months of deliberation it’s been decided, it’s not our party, it’s not their party, it’s Your Party.
This weekend, thousands of the new left party’s delegates flooded into a conference centre in Liverpool to try and decide the future life and fate of the movement.
But in keeping with the last 5 months of trials and tribulations, in-fighting and spats between the co-founding camps of Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn, thin...
In the past three weeks, 12 prisoners have been accidentally released - Justice Secretary David Lammy announced this morning.
This is in addition to the 91 who’ve also been mistakenly freed in England and Wales in the last six months.
It’s fair to say, the justice system is in a bad way - leaking from the sides.
Trying his best to mop this up, Lammy also announced today that jury trials in England and Wales should be...
Keir Starmer has backed Rachel Reeves – but the Prime Minister has miscalculated.
After weekend front pages accused the Chancellor of lying about the "fiscal black hole" which, Reeves says, necessitated last week's tax-and-spend budget, the PM has given a speech supporting Reeves and saying he's "proud" of the budget.
Meanwhile polling reveals a majority believe "the cost of living crisis will never end", and see no hope for ...
Another bit has fallen off Labour’s car as its MPs flee Westminster and bid a hasty retreat to their constituencies.
This time, Labour has been accused of breaking another manifesto promise by pulling a major one eighty on workers rights.
Oli Dugmore is joined by Ailbhe Rea.
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It’s Black Friday and consumers are hunting for bargains. However, are Brits spending more and more money on goods that are getting worse and worse?
Will Dunn joins Anoosh Chakelian to discuss his theory of "crapflation".
Will also spent time this week in an enormous pile of trash, dumped by organised criminals in a field in Oxfordshire.
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While many on the left were calling for a wealth tax, yesterday the Chancellor delivered a smorgasbord of stealth taxes.
How will this platter of sneaky revenue streams boost the government’s finances? And what does it mean in the longterm, economically, for the country?
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by the New Statesman's business editor, Will Dunn, and political editor, Ailbhe Rea.
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Tax in Britain will rise to an all-time high following Rachel Reeves’ budget.
The Chancellor has unveiled her latest budget. She’s promised to remove the two-child benefit cap, freeze income tax brackets and introduce a new mansion tax.
Labour deny they are breaking their manifesto pledge to avoid raising income tax, while critics claim the freeze is doing just that.
The Office for Budget Responsibility, who disastrously publi...
The Chancellor has admitted that the economy feels stuck.
But will tomorrow’s budget, which promises to “grip the cost of living” and looks likely to freeze income tax thresholds, actually do anything to help?
Oli Dugmore is joined by the New Statesman's editor Tom McTague and political editor Ailbhe Rea.
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This summer, MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana announced the launch of the provisionally named ‘Your Party’. The new party was created to fill a gap on the left-wing of British politics that many believe Keir Starmer and his Labour government are ignoring. However, the launch process has not been smooth.
Our political correspondent Megan Kenyon has been following all the updates from Your Party, and secured this exclusive inte...
For so long a fixture of public debate in the US, the software company Palantir is now increasingly being talked about here in Britain.
In September the UK government announced a £1.5bn investment by Palantir in the military. It already has contracts with the police and the NHS.
So, should we be worried?
Tanjil Rashid is joined by journalist James Vincent.
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Whilst Your Party and the Green Party attempt to occupy the space on the left of British politics that they feel Labour has abandoned, our listener asks, what about the British communist parties?
Oli Dugmore is joined by Tom McTague to discuss this, along with other listener questions on political briefings to the press and whether Labour can make a comeback.
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Shabana Mahmood was back in the Commons today outlining her controversial immigration plans.
Meanwhile, Clive Lewis said he’d give up his seat for Andy Burnham and a Labour MP defects to the Greens.
In the second half of the podcast, Calum Weir from Labour Together tells us what really matters to Britain.
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Cunliffe and Ailbhe Rea.
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Next week Rachel Reeves will deliver her budget and, for all the talk of fiscal rules, headroom and tax rises, there is a higher power she must contend with.
When the Chancellor goes for meetings in the City, she is rarely introduced to the people whose job it is to press the button on buying or selling several hundred million pounds’ worth of gilts.
It is to ...
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