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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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As 2025 draws to a close Anoosh Chakelian joined by the New Statesman's associate political editor Rachel Cunliffe, and editor in chief Tom McTague to discuss the biggest domestic and international stories of the year.
Daily Politics will return on 1 January 2026.
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How did Trump's tariffs affect the price of Labubus? Which bear was voiced by Volodymyr Zelensky? And what, crucially, did Katy Perry describe California girls as?
Join the New Statesman team for our quiz of the year!
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Months before 9/11, a passenger seized control of a Boeing 747 and nearly crashed it into the Sahara.
Everyone survived - including a curious ensemble of famous passengers - but no one quite recovered.
Kate Mossman tells the story of Flight 2069 to Oli Dugmore.
READ: The strange fate of Flight 2069
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Is the New Statesman too soft on Wes Streeting? Are the Lib Dems an unserious party?
Plus our journalists make their predictions for what will happen in 2026, and listen back to their guesses from last year…
Oli Dugmore is joined by Anoosh Chakelian and Rachel Cunliffe.
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After being pushed back not once, not twice, but three times, the government's long-awaited strategy to halve violence against women and girls has been revealed.
Measures include training teachers to spot signs of misogyny in the classroom and police forces introducing specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams.
But do they go far enough?
Rachel Cunliffe joins Luke O'Reilly.
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Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s most famous media tycoon and a British citizen, could be sentenced to life in prison.
What does his case say about the political climate in Hong Kong, and how might it affect relations between the East and West?
Oli Dugmore is joined by Katie Stallard.
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Speculation surrounding a leadership challenge to Keir Starmer is rife.
Andy Burnham, Manchester Mayor, is in the mix as a challenger. But can he find the necessary seat in parliament, and what hurdles does he face?
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Ethan Croft and George Eaton to discuss.
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...The "evil" mass shooting at Bondi Beach was the latest in a rising number of antisemitic attacks.
16 people died in the attack in Sydney, Australia. They were Jews who had gathered to celebrate the first night of Chanukah. Among them, a holocaust survivor and a ten-year old girl.
Antisemitic attacks are on the rise. In this year to September, Australia recorded 1654 anti-semitic incidents. That's three times higher than any y...
Journalist Peter Oborne claims both Labour and Conservatives have fallen short on their response to Israel's war in Gaza.
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A long-time conservative, Oborne joins Oli Dugmore to explain why he believes the Conservative Party have abandoned their prin...
In this week’s episode of You Ask Us, one listener wonders, is the media infatuated with Zack Polanski?
And another challenges our journalists to listen to the Liz Truss podcast.
You ask, we deliver.
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Cunliffe.
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Wes Streeting denied plotting to oust Keir Starmer.
Ailbhe Rea met the Health Secretary to learn what he's really thinking.
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Labour is in danger of presenting itself as the “maintenance department for the country”, he says. “The problem with that kind of practical, technocratic approach is that if someone else comes along and says, ‘Well, I’ve got a maintenance company too, and mine’s cheaper,’ why wouldn’t p...
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...
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