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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reveals proposals to fix London's housing crisis . Is he right to blame Mayor Sadiq Khan for high house prices? Our Political Editor Nicholas Cecil and our City Hall Editor Ross Lydall discuss the 'political attack' from Rishi Sunak, Mayor Sadiq Khan's response, and explain why the housing figures don't match up with the PM's criticism. In this episode: What is Rishi Sun...

Dame Alison Rose: the most powerful woman in UK banking resigns . Nigel Farage calls for more resignations at Coutts & NatWest. Should we have a right to a bank account in 2023? Our Financial Editor Simon English discusses Dame Alison Rose’s resignation, whether there will be more resignations, and what the debacle means for banks in general. In this episode: Dame Rose’s ‘rare mistake’ explain...

Barbenheimer movies led to UK cinema’s biggest weekend since 2019 . Why Barbie’s success wasn’t just down to marketing. What can Hollywood do to get us back to the cinema? Our Chief Film Critic Charlotte O’Sullivan dissects the success of Barbie and Oppenheimer and considers whether it will spark a comeback for UK cinema. In this episode: How Barbie and Oppenheimer both appeal to male & female...

Family describes ash falling in their drinks. Holidayers ‘stranded’ by airlines and travel firms. ‘Hundreds’ sent to sleep in sports centres and schools. Brits praise Rhodes locals for offering help. Our Senior News Correspondent Anthony France describes the story of Laura and Marc Hall who were evacuated from their hotel. Plus, our Chief Political Correspondent Rachael Burford explains who is mor...

With the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in full swing, the next generation of female footballers are set to be inspired by top athletes from around the globe. However, this isn’t the only way that the sport is making a difference to people’s lives. In this special Let Girls Learn episode, we’re off to India, to one of Mumbai’s poorest districts where a football project is helping girls complete their...

Thousands of NHS consultants are striking across England, causing large-scale disruption to patient care. Senior doctors and hospital dentists in the British Medical Association walked out for 48 hours until 7am on Saturday in a pay dispute. BMA consultants, like junior doctors, are seeking a 35 per cent pay rise to correct a real terms fall - the Government’s offering six per cent Thousands of op...

London Assembly member Susan Hall has won the Tory nomination to face Labour incumbent Mayor Sadiq Khan at the polls in the race for City Hall. Hall beat criminal barrister Moz Hossain KC in the ballot of around 20,000 London Conservatives, by 57 per cent to 43 per cent. But will Hall join the list of failed Conservative candidates taking on Khan? The Leader’s joined by the Standard’s City Hall ed...

Tourists holidaying around the Mediterranean have been told to stay indoors as temperatures touch half the boiling point of water. The unprecedented heatwave reaching nearly 49C is enveloping tourist hotspots in Italy, Greece, Spain and Switzerland. Two wildfires, fanned by strong winds, are raging uncontrolled through coastal towns near Athens, triggering evacuations and a huge response from emer...

It’s been a decade since the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent for England and Wales. Passing of the act came seven years after civil partnerships were legalised - but how much has actually changed?  This month, the Church of England announced it's working towards drafting pastoral guidance needed to allow gay couples to receive blessings from priests. The Leader podcast’s...

This is a bonus episode taken from our business show How to be a CEO, click here to listen to the full episode. MLB's trying to expand the game of baseball internationally, with a major focus on breaking the UK. But in a country that hasn't paid much attention to 'America's National Pastime', how do they attract attention. MLB Europe's MD Ben Ladkin sits down with us to talk about their strategy....

Londoners will have noticed something wonderfully odd breaking through the capital’s grey gloom - splashes of pink are appearing, but why? Barbiemania is sweeping town ahead of this summer’s feel-good film, directed by Greta Gerwig, which is coming to UK screens from Friday 21st July. It stars former Clapham resident Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, plus a host of famous cameos and retro-modern nod...

The worst-kept secret on the internet is out in the wild - Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter at the centre of an alleged explicit pictures scandal first published by The Sun newspaper. It took the newsreader’s wife, Vicky Flind, to go public with his name after five days of social media guess-who gossip. In a statement, she said Edwards is receiving in-patient hospital care for his m...

Crime on London’s tube network has soared by nearly 40 per cent above its pre-Covid levels and fare-dodging has hit a record high. Transport for London data reveals a total of 10,420 crimes were recorded on the London Underground between last December and May, fuelled by a four-fold increase in robbery and a 66 per cent spike in thefts. On the bus network, victims of sexual offences on bus were ov...

Chancellor Jeremy’s Hunt’s claiming earners on average salaries will be over £1,000 better off every year in their retirement - but how? In his first Mansion House speech, Hunt set out his plans to reform the pension industry as part of a series of measure he reckons could bring in up to £75 billion. It came as unemployment and wage growth both unexpectedly rose on Tuesday, while two-year mortgage...

President Joe Biden’s touched down in the UK to meet prime minister Rishi Sunak - and it’s only been three months since his last visit. Biden arrived in Air Force One at Stansted Airport on Sunday night and he met Sunak in Downing Street on Monday before taking tea with King Charles at Windsor Castle to discuss climate change. Biden and Sunak will have Ukraine’s progress against Russia’s invasion...

This is a bonus episode taken from our business show How to be a CEO, to hear the full thing click here. Cris Miller, doesn’t give many interviews but the online secondary ticket market he helped pioneer, and the company he’s global MD for, Viagogo, have been taking a reputational battering. Over the last twenty years, he’s faced a range of crises from an initially sceptical market, to a major riv...

The latest polls show significant Labour leads . Will the Conservatives lose three more MPs? Boris Johnson’s old constituency up for grabs. What will Rishi Sunak be judged on? Our Political Editor Nicholas Cecil examines an exclusive poll for the Evening Standard by JL Partners, and considers the Conservative Party’s chances in the by-elections, and the general election. In this episode: Uxbridge...

Police minister backs spectators to intervene with Just Stop Oil protests . How the disruption impacted players. What security changes have been made? The Evening Standard's Lizzie Edmonds, reporting from Wimbledon, explains how Wednesday's disruption affected the event, how security is being stepped up, and discusses whether MP Chris Philp's comments were fair or foolish. In this episode: Wimbled...

75 years after its inception, the NHS is struggling . What has gone wrong? How can we bring the NHS back to its former glory? Our Health Reporter Daniel Keane discusses the history of our health service, the struggles it's facing now and what needs to change to secure its future. Plus, East London A&E Doctor Andrew Meyerson compares the NHS to healthcare in the US, and shares his concerns that...

Can Meta utilise Instagram to gain users? Are people actually leaving Twitter? Why does Meta want to take on Twitter anyway? Ahead of Threads official launch on 6th July, Social Media Consultant Matt Navarra discusses Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to challenge Twitter, why he’s doing it, and whether it will work. In this episode: What will Threads look like? Does Meta have the monopoly on social media...

The family who queued for two nights for Wimbledon tickets. 6,000+ in the queue by 8am Monday. Will Andy Murray have success? Who are the favourites for the men’s and women’s singles? Our News Reporter Lizzie Edmonds describes the long queues ahead of day one, and our Sports Correspondent Matt Majendie discusses the ones to watch at the tournament, and who could win. In this episode: How fans camp...

This is a bonus episode of our business podcast, How to be a CEO. To hear the full episode click here. After over a decade as CEO of password management firm 1Password , Jeff Shiner 's now envisaging a 'password-less' future, and one he's very much involved in. Since 2012 he has overseen 1Password's growth from a company with less than 100 employees, to around 900, over a period of time where the...

With a rise in reported homophobic and anti-trans hate crime, is it time to return London’s Pride parade to its protest roots? Journalists from the Evening Standard’s LGBT+ community talk about what the march means to them, and columnist Emma Loffhagen questions how the UK’s being influenced by US-based culture wars over issues like Drag shows. Hosted by Dan Cody. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Conservative hopeful Daniel Korski has dropped out of the race to become London’s Tory mayoral candidate following a claim that he groped a television producer at Downing Street. Daisy Goodwin alleged in newspaper articles published in The Times and Daily Mail she was touched inappropriately by Korski 10 years ago, when he was an advisor to the Cameron government. Now, in a statement, Korski said...

Ministers said to be drawing up contingency plans for collapse . Should all water companies be in public ownership? Will water company issues be a high priority around the general election? ES Business Editor Jonathan Prynn discusses the potential impact of Thames Water collapsing. In this episode: The context behind Thames Water’s big debts Could an ownership change impact people’s bills? Argumen...