The Week Ahead: 29 September to 5 October 2025

From Spain’s legislative push to Labour’s final conference speeches, and from the European Political Community Summit to global cultural launches, the week of 29 September to 5 October is rich with major events affecting many people.

With Taylor Swift’s album release, the Ryder Cup’s close, and international summits, it is a week defined by major global developments.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello again. I'm Mark Nolan and here's your forward briefing
for the week ahead Monday the twenty ninth of September
to the first Sunday of Spooky Season Sunday, the fifth
of October twenty twenty five.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
This is the week ahead on Mark Nolan's podcast, brought
to you by Mad Blackcat dot com, where you can
read more about these events coming up this week and
a whole lot more. Here's Mark with the weakerhead.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Starting in Spain, where ministers sharpen their autumn focus on housing,
employment and energy policy. The country also features in European
political Community talks in Denmark on Thursday, centered on migration
and security. Economically, Spain is part of wider euro Area
discussions as new inflation figures arrive midweek. Culturally, late summer

(00:51):
festivals continue while Barcelona prepares for Champions League action on Tuesday.
In the United Kingdom, politics dominates the headlines. Labour's anual
conference in Brighton closes midweek, with Rachel Reeves speaking on Monday,
Keir Starmer on Tuesday, and Deputy Leadership houstings on Wednesday.
The week also delivers crucial data with the uk GDP

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national accounts on Tuesday, new energy price caps on Wednesday,
and a services PMI at the end of the week.
By Sunday, the spotlight moves north as the Conservative Party
Conference opens in Manchester. Alongside this, the Green Party Conference
continues into Friday and Saturday, while the SDLP Annual Conference

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also takes place. Legal proceedings including Rochdale sentencing hearings and
cultural highlights like Lady Gaga's O two concert and Taylor
Swift's new album release on Friday add further weight to
the week. Across Europe, leaders gather in Denmark on Thursday
for the European Political Community Summit, with migration and security

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at the top of the agenda. Friday brings Czech parliamentary elections,
Germany hosts European Interior ministers on Saturday, and globally, the
week is framed by diplomacy. Donald Trump hosts Benjamin nettan Yahoo.
On Monday, the UN Security Council meets on settlements, and
later in the week, Russia's Lavrov addresses the Valdai Discussion Club.

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In Asia, Japan's ruling party holds a leadership vote on Saturday,
while sport and culture dominate the weekend with the NFL
London game, Formula one in Singapore, and UFC three twenty
in Las Vegas. And to close on a lighter note,
music fans around the world will be listening to Taylor
Swift's new album, The Life of a Showgirl, released Friday,

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a cultural moment that, like so many of this week's stories,
cuts across borders and generations.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
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