Talking Politics

What's the fallout in the Robert Jenrick 'white faces' row? And will Kemi Badenoch's offer to ditch stamp duty win over voters? In this Talking Politics, Robert Peston joins Tom Bradby from the Conservative's conference in Manchester to give expert analysis minutes after the Tory leader's speech.​  Got a question for Tom or Robert? Email talkingpolitics@itv.com and we’ll look to answer it in our n...

In this special edition of Talking Politics from the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston sits down with the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch. They discussed the challenges of anti-semitism and racism in the country, as well as the problems facing the party with the number of councillors deserting to Reform. The Tory leader criticised the BBC...

For this special edition of Talking Politics, Peston sits down with Sir Keir Starmer for a one-on-one interview right after a well-received speech at the Labour conference, in which he spent much - if not most - of his time taking aim at Nigel Farage. The Prime Minister claimed the next election will be a battle between Reform and the Labour Party, describing it as "the fight of our times" - and s...

Can Sir Keir Starmer’s vision for a renewed Britain - littered with attacks on Nigel Farage - help reset the prime minister’s own dire standing with the public? In this special Talking Politics at Labour’s conference in Liverpool, Robert Peston and Tom Bradby react minutes after the PM’s keynote speech. And after a poll revealed Starmer is the least popular PM since records began, can the vision f...

In an exclusive interview Talking Politics, actor and campaigner Hugh Grant said he feels let down by the Labour government. He claims the Prime Minister had promised hacking victims that they would introduce a new law bringing tougher regulations for British newspapers while in opposition. But Mr Grant says they feel “personally betrayed” by seeing the PM forging close relationships with major pu...

The Treasury is expecting £30 billion tax rises in November’s Budget - so how will chancellor Rachel Reeves fund that without breaking her spending rules? In Talking Politics, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston look at her possible solutions and why the next moves represent a nightmare for the chancellor. Meanwhile, Nigel Farage claims Reform would save Britain billions cracking down on legal migration...

In this special interview for Talking Politics and the Peston show, Robert Peston speaks to Sir Ed Davey from the Lib Dem party conference. The pair discuss the surge in right-wing politics, whether windfall taxes on banks would choke economic growth and why the Lib Dem leader thinks Elon Musk is running a criminal enterprise.  You can watch the interview on the latest episode of Peston on Monday...

Tom Bradby is joined by Political Editor Robert Peston and US Correspondent Dan Rivers from the Prime Minister's country residence Chequers, where he has just survived a press conference alongside the US President. Has Sir Keir Starmer, in spite all of his difficulties on the domestic front, played it perfectly with the world's most powerful man - and as a result, bagged billions upon billions of...

He's already lost his deputy Angela Rayner, the questions are mounting over Peter Mandelson’s disastrous appointment, and now one of Keir Starmer's top aides Paul Ovenden has been forced to quit after an ITV News exclusive revealed his own shocking private messages.  So how will the PM navigate the deepening leadership crisis without one of his key strategists? In Talking Politics, Tom Bradby and...

Should ministers like Angela Rayner get thousands of pounds in severance pay if they resign? In this Q&A Tom Bradby and Robert Peston answer that audience question and more, including: Will Rayner's resignation trigger more investigations into politicians and government officials to see what claims they’re making that they shouldn’t? Could Keir Starmer ever take Britain out of the European Con...

Keir Starmer has sacked Peter Mandelson as Britain's UK ambassador to the US following the release of more damaging emails he sent to Jeffrey Epstein. In this emergency episode of Talking Politics, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston react to the continued fallout after the bombshell birthday book revelations and assess the damage to the prime minister and the Labour government. Got a question for the te...

The Jeffrey Epstein birthday book revelations have further implicated Donald Trump and Bill Clinton and forced a grovelling apology from the UK Ambassador to the US’s Peter Mandelson. In Talking Politics, Robert Peston and Tom Bradby examine why Mandelson’s past letters to the convicted paedophile financier - released now by a US congressional committee - are so catastrophic for Prime Minister Kei...

After a momentous day in British politics, Julie Etchingham is joined by Political Editor Robert Peston and Political Correspondent Harry Horton who is at the Reform UK conference in Birmingham. Angela Rayner finally fell on her sword, triggering a major reshuffle of Starmer's top team. David Lammy is stepping up as his deputy, Yvette Cooper becomes Foreign Secretary, and Shabana Mahmood fills in...

In this Q&A Tom Bradby and Robert Peston answer some of our audience’s burning questions, namely: When did politicians first stop answering the question? And what are your strategies to make them answer it? The cost of living crisis is getting worse and Rachel Reeves appears clueless to fix it. So is this Autumn now her last chance? If Britain is broke, why do we need to give money to wealthy...

In this special episode of Talking Politics, Tom Bradby is joined by Scotland Correspondent Peter Smith to discuss Reform, immigration and Nigel Farage’s latest ‘flip-flop’. Why did Mr Farage today change his tune on his party’s immigration policy for women and children, after saying at a press conference just yesterday that ‘absolutely anyone’ who comes here illegally will be detained and deporte...

In this special episode of Talking Politics, Film director turned Member of the House of Lords Baroness Beeban Kidron exclusively tells ITV News why she thinks the government is pushing the Artificial Intelligence Bill, and siding with the big tech companies. She tells us why celebrities like Elton John and Dua Lipa are backing her campaign to stop the government from using copyrighted creative wo...

In this emergency episode of Talking Politics, Tom Bradby is joined by Global Security Editor Rohit Kachroo and US Correspondent Dan Rivers to react to the talks hosted by President Trump at the White House today. Is this a major step towards real, lasting peace in Ukraine - or has the difficult part of the discussions only just begun? What will the possible Ukraine-Russia-US meeting have in store...

In this special episode, Julie Etchingham is joined by ITV News' Scotland Correspondent Peter Smith to discuss her exclusive interview with the former First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon. Julie reveals how Sturgeon is "lifting the lid" on some deeply personal matters -  and Peter explains how the "formidable" politician was one of the few people he would get nervous about interviewing. The...

In this Q&A special Tom Bradby and Robert Peston answer our audience’s questions, namely: Are the far left finished in UK politics? Or could Jeremy Corbyn’s new party pose a threat to Labour? What are the odds of our next government in 2029 being a coalition? Will Reform end up defeating itself? And could you ever see Nigel Farage leading the Conservatives? Got a question for the team? Email u...

On this special edition of Talking Politics, Carl Dinnen joins Tom Bradby from President Trump’s golf course in Turnberry where he hosted Prime Minister Keir Starmer for talks. Tom asks Carl what it was like being in the room with the two very different leaders and what he made of the issues discussed, including:  Trump’s shifting position on Putin and the new ceasefire deadline How well Keir Star...

What’s the problem at the heart of Nigel Farage's new prison pledge? And why was Keir Starmer so unprepared to talk poverty?  With Tom Bradby away, Paul Brand joins Robert Peston to discuss that, plus: - Why Kemi Badenoch’s reshuffle may have surprised James Cleverly - Can the PM placate Donald Trump during his golfing holiday in Scotland? - Why are UK officials - unlike other nations - so relucta...

Why is the Afghan data breach so unnerving? And why was Keir Starmer kept in the dark by his defence secretary? In this episode of Talking Politics, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston discuss that plus… Why lessons are still to be learned from Britain's past foreign policy failings How Keir Starmer and Donald Trump might have approached the Blair-Bush Iraq conflict The US President’s changing tactics in...

WATCH the full episode here: https://youtu.be/T2wBEjJcaVQ On this episode of Talking Politics Q&A, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston dig into how moves to court Reform voters will only damage Labour. Plus, they answer: Who is the Norman Tebbit of politics today? Is Nigel Farage's £250,000 offer to non-doms to avoid tax good politics? Why does standing in the Mayoral Elections cost £10,000? How can...

What are the flaws in Britain and France’s new effort to control migration and stop the boats? Why could we all be carrying identity cards before the next election? Plus what is the difficult economic truth that ALL politicians need to start talking about? Tom Bradby and Robert Peston reveal all in Talking Politics… Got a question for Tom and Robert? Email talkingpolitics@itv.com and we'll answer...

Another week, another public spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. This time it came after billionaire Musk announced he was launching a new party, the America Party, to challenge the Republican and Democratic "Uniparty".But what did Trump have to say about it, and will this feud ever end? On this week's Talking Politics USA, Tom Bradby and Robert Moore discuss the bromance that’s turned into a...