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Huw Edwards, once one of the BBC's most recognisable faces, has pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children, including one image of a child believed to be as young as seven years old. Camilla and Gordon ask why the BBC recently gave Edwards a substantial pay rise and what this scandal means for the corporation. Plus following the tragedy in Southport - what is the impact of social med...

Her premiership was the briefest - and one of the most memorable - in British history. Then she was ousted as an MP by the people of South West Norfolk. Now Liz Truss has come out all guns blazing, telling The Daily T she was "not responsible" for mortgages going up after her infamous mini-budget and slamming the "unaccountable" Bank of England.  In an exclusive interview with Camilla and Ass...

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves says it is time to ‘level with the public’ about the economic inheritance left by Tories after finding a £20 billion black hole in the public finances. So could this be setting us up for more tax rises? As Reeves is set to axe rail and road projects to plug the budget shortfall, Camilla and Gordon Rayner are joined by Andrew Griffith, Shadow Secretary of State for Scie...

As Lord Falconer launches a private members’ bill to make assisted dying legal in the House of Lords , Kamal and Camilla catch up with him about why now is the right time to reignite one of the most controversial debates in the UK. The bill, which was first brought to the House of Lords in 2013, has been given a second chance after Dame Esther Rantzen reignited the debate. The broadcaster disclose...

Tom Tugendhat is the latest Tory leader candidate to declare, with a front page article for The Telegraph stating that he's 'ready to leave the ECHR' - despite saying otherwise just 2 years ago.  Kamal and Camilla (fresh from an eight hour lunch with the major Conservative movers and shakers) have all the latest inside information about the state of the leadership race, and ask how the ECHR h...

After the battles of the campaign trail, Sir Keir Starmer took to the despatch box for his first Prime Minister's Questions as leader of the country but rather than a continuation of the fireworks with Rishi Sunak, what we got was a very measured and cordial back and forth. Camilla and Kamal host a watchalong of a very polite PMQs and ask whether this is the start of a new political bromance... El...

Nigel Farage made clear his ambition to one day be prime minister even before his Reform UK party won five seats at the general election. But does he have what it takes? And is he offering the right answers to the UK’s woes? Camilla and Kamal sit down for an exclusive interview with the Clacton MP and Reform leader to discuss going after Labour, his controversial comments about recent riots in Lee...

It seems like, barring a miracle, vice-president Kamala Harris will become the new Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden announced his decision to stand down over the weekend. So who is she? Kamal and Camilla speak to Democratic political strategist Garry South, from Kamala Harris's home state of California, to find out more about who she is, what she stands for and whether she can beat...

President Joe Biden has announced that he will “stand down” from the US presidential race, endorsing his vice president Kamala Harris. So what happens next? The announcement comes after weeks of speculation as many questioned Biden’s capability to run against Donald Trump following a number of public gaffes during his campaign.  Camilla and Kamal discuss the immediate reaction to Biden’s resi...

Donald Trump has made his first public speech since his attempted assassination last weekend, telling the crowds he survived “only by the grace of almighty God”. Speaking on the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the former president's speech outlined his plans for a second term in the White House. Trump started with a message of unity, promising to bri...

European leaders have descended on Blenheim Palace with Keir Starmer promising a 'reset' in British-EU relations. But what will that look like in practice? To analyse Britain’s future relationship with Europe, an arch-Remainer and a leading Brexit figure go head to head on the Daily T - former Downing Street director of communications Sir Craig Oliver and Lord Frost, Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotia...

The new Labour government has launched its agenda with all the pomp and ceremony of the King’s Speech. They’ve gone big on promises of economic growth, house building and health reforms - with some notable exceptions but few surprises. Will it be enough to satisfy a deeply unsatisfied electorate? And can Keir Starmer deliver the bold change he was elected on?  In a special episode of the Dail...

Former president Donald Trump has chosen self-professed ‘hillbilly’ and former Trump critic JD Vance as his would-be VP. Vance, who was announced as his running mate at the Republican national convention in Milwaukee, recently became a staunch Trump supporter, despite previously criticising him as “America’s Hitler” and “cultural heroin”.  Camilla and Kamal discuss the story behind...

Former president Donald Trump said he is “supposed to be dead” as he described an attempt on his life as a “surreal” experience. He survived an attempted assassination after a gunman opened fire at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, killing a spectator and wounding two others. Trump's right ear was grazed by a bullet in the shooting, leading to a historic image as he raised his fist in the air...

President Joe Biden made not one, but two major gaffes at NATO this week, accidently calling Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy ‘Putin’ before correcting himself and later referring to his Vice President Kamala Harris as ‘Trump’ without realising.  As former president Barack Obama and senior Democrat Nancy Pelosi were reported to have spoken about their “concerns” over Biden, could the plot to pus...

Could football be coming home? Basking in the afterglow of England’s last-minute win against the Netherlands, Kamal and Camilla catch up with chief sports writer Olly Brown about what it was like in the stadium, from the giddy atmosphere to Gareth Southgate’s little celebratory dance. Plus, a chat with Southgate’s old coach at Crystal Palace, Wally Downes, about what the England manager was like a...

Sir Keir Starmer has jetted off on his first overseas trip as Prime Minister - to the NATO summit in Washington. But it all comes as he committed to an ‘ironclad guarantee’ to raise defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP, but refused to say when.  So how serious are Labour about protecting Britain? Kamal Ahmed and Camilla Turner speak to Telegraph Defence Editor Con Coughlin to find out if L...

In a remarkable turn of events, the White House medical team has had to clarify that a neurologist who visited eight times in as many months was not there to treat President Joe Biden, following angry exchanges in a media briefing with Biden’s press secretary. Meanwhile, Mr Biden himself took matters into his own hands and unexpectedly called into a morning news show to defend his own health and i...

In a shock result, the second round of French elections delivered a victory of sorts to the left-wing New Popular Front alliance, pushing Marine le Pen’s National Rally into third place behind the centrists. But with no group winning a majority in parliament, President Emmanual Macron now faces some difficult choices.  To discuss what it means for France, Europe and the UK’s fledgling governm...

It’s official: we have a new prime minister. When Sir Keir Starmer spoke on the steps of No 10 Downing Street he became just the seventh ever Labour politician to lead the country - but the challenges he is facing are vast.  Kamal and Camilla take a look at the issues at the top of his in-tray, from a sluggish economy to immigration concerns. Plus with a low vote share and a historic number o...

Just waking up? We’ve got you. Sir Keir Starmer has delivered a landslide Labour victory. The Conservatives have been decimated. And Nigel Farage has finally been elected an MP.  Kamal is joined down the line by Camilla and in the studio by Political Editor Ben Riley-Smith to discuss one of the most seismic elections in recent years. Plus, all the highlights of the night, from Grant Shapps bl...

The day has finally come! It's July 4th and polling day in the general election. We won't be with you this evening as usual but instead it's a double dose of Daily T at 6am and 5pm tomorrow with all the reaction as the results come in and the fallout begins! Kamal and Camilla can explain... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After six long weeks, it's the final day of campaigning in the general election! The Tories have, at the very last minute, deployed Boris Johnson at a rally in London. Is he an asset to Rishi Sunak’s campaign, or a reminder of the very reason they’re on the verge of electoral oblivion? Kamal is joined in this episode by the Sunday Telegraph’s political editor Camilla Turner to pour over Johns...

It’s set to be one of the most dramatic and consequential general elections in decades - and likely a sleepless night for some. When will we know if the Conservative 'big beasts' have lost their seats? Or the extent of a Labour landslide? Or whether Reform have won any seats at all? We have all the answers. In this special episode of The Daily T, Camilla and Kamal are joined by The Telegraph’s Dat...

Mon Dieu. Emmanuel Macron's gamble to call a snap general election after poor results in the European elections last month looks to have backfired, with Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally trouncing the President's centrist coalition in the first round of voting in France. Kamal and Camilla talk to The Telegraph's Paris Correspondent Henry Samuel to find out what it means ahead of t...