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we take a closer look at recent uk inflation figures, and explore the phenomenon of working from home

in a single subject, special edition, we take a look at progress on rishi sunak's five priorities, and sir keir starmer's five missions

we explore what's behind the bank of england's interest rate rise, it's effect on the economy, and kemi badenoch's spat with commons speaker sir lindsey hoyle

delving into the outcome of local elections in england, and the curious case of the kremlin drones

three people making the news this week - we dive into their respective stories, and discuss what each means for society

a closer look at the dominic raab affair, the problems facing the snp, and a failing obesity strategy

a deep dive into what's coming out of beijing, and the embarrassing leaks, ostensibly emanating from the pentagon

an interesting week looking at scott benton and graham potter, and what they represent

we lament the withdrawal of 'help to buy', and take a further look at developments surrounding the small boats controversy

turmoil in the banking market, johnson's turn for the privileges committee, and the xi/putin love-in

we delve into jeremy hunt's budget, and take a lingering look at the lineker affair's effect on broadcasting

we explore the trajectory of us interest rates, and focus on uk legislation trying and stop the small boats

we discuss concern on this side of the atlantic about the us inflation reduction act, and take an overview of the windsor framework's chances of success

a closer look at what's affecting gas prices, where they might be going, and what's driving the continuing turmoil.  as the snp leadership campaign opens with religious beliefs at the fore, we debate their relevance to the top job.   

as the war in ukraine approaches it's first anniversary we take a look at the latest developments. we're also exploring possible movement on an agreement to amend the northern ireland protocol

we discuss what president zelensky wants from his whirlwind tour of european centres of power, while exploring whether more could have been done to limit the loss of life resulting from dreadful recent events in turkey

with the imf and bank of england reporting on the nations economic prospects we take an overview, while also taking the pulse of ongoing industrial action 

with the industry going through a turbulent period, we take a look at the future and electric car usage in the uk; we're also delving deeper into honour in british politics against the background of the zahawi affair. 

we take a closer look at the recent round of levelling up, what it means to the communities benefitting, together with gender recognition reform (bill) scotland and how it's stirred up the independence debate 

the week we're looking at the state of pmq's, movements on the energy market, and initiatives with regard to the economically inactive

with both the prime minister and the leader of the opposition delivering new year speeches from the same industrial estate, we drill down into the policy offering and vision involved

as 2023 takes hold we look at president xi's decision to open up after tight covid controls, president putin's continued bombardment of ukraine in the context of an end-game, and, after the sad death of pele, the legacy of arguably the best footballer the world has ever seen 

we continue to cover industrial unrest sweeping the nation, take a look at the supreme court's ruling on the government's rwanda scheme, and explore how jeremy clarkson's found himself in deep water

we explore the current industrial unrest, whether we are heading into a winter of discontent, and makes some suggestions as to how things might be resolved.  in addition, following on from england's return from qatar we look at the future for gareth and who might be in the wings

an exploration of pmq's and its' value in contemporary britain; are we heading for a winter of discontent and can it be avoided; in light of hsbc's recent decision we discuss the banks withdrawing from the high street