The Julia Hartley-Brewer Show

Tom Tugendhat, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and Conservative MP joins Julia to discuss the debate over Government £16.5 billion defence spending boost. Claire Fox, Director of The Institute of Ideas and Author of I Find That Offensive on Radio 1 argues that Radio 1 playing the edited version of Pogues Fairytale of New York is outrageous! Julia is also joined by Professor Hugh...

Julia Hartley- Brewer discusses the day's biggest topics with comedian Steve N Allen. You can listen to the whole show weekdays from 6.30-10am. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace joins Julia to discuss the largest military investment in 30 years. Sir Desmond Swayne, Conservative MP for New Forest West voices his concerns about a January lockdown following a Christmas of mixing. Julia is also joined by Marie van der Zyl, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews on Jeremy Corbyn who will now not return as a MP. Hosted on Acas...

Business Secretary Alok Sharma joins Julia to discuss Prime Minister Boris Johnson new ten point plan for a green industrial revolution for 250,000 jobs. David Davis, Former Brexit Secretary and Conservative MP reviews the plan proposed by Government for five days at Christmas. Julia is also joined by Dr David Nabarro, Special envoy on COVID-19 to the World Health Organization. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Julia Hartley- Brewer discusses the day's biggest topics with Matthew Lesh from the Adam Smith Institute. You can listen to the whole show weekdays from 6.30-10am. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Jenrick, Housing, Communities & Local Government Secretary joins Julia to discuss the new landmark reforms to improve social housing and give residents a greater voice. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester tells Julia about Excluded UK's campaign that he is backing. Julia is also joined by Professor Anthony Brookes, Geneticist and Health data Scientist at the University of Leiceste...

Julia Hartley- Brewer discusses the day's biggest topics with barrister and political commentator Bobby Friedman. You can listen to the whole show weekdays from 6.30-10am. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock joins Julia to discuss the Prime Minister who is now self isolating after coming into contact with someone who has coronavirus. Carl Heneghan, Professor of Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford evaluates Labour's call for a new emergency law to ban anti-vax fake news on social media. Julia is also joined by Lord Matt Ridley, Tory Peer & Author o...

Julia Hartley- Brewer discusses the day's biggest topics with freelance journalist Benedict Spence. You can listen to the whole show weekdays from 6.30-10am. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps joins Julia to discuss Christmas Travel Plans & Travel Corridors. Guto Harri, Former Communications Director to Boris Johnson as the Mayor of London doesn't hold back whilst discussing Dominic Cummings' departure. Julia is also joined by  Prof David Wilson, Professor Emeritus of Criminology Birmingham City University on the news of Peter Sutcliffe death i...

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester joins Julia to discuss the UK Covid death rate reaching 50,000 and the developing chaos in Number 10 as Leading Brexiteer quits No10 after staff revolt. Lord Matt Ridley, Conservative Peer & Great Grandson of the Architect of the Cenotaph discusses Extinction Rebellion criticised after laying climate change wreaths & holding banners at Cenotap...

Michelle Donelan, Universities Minister joins Julia to discuss Wales cancelling their school exams for 2021 as Julia asks if England will follow suit. Robert Halfon, Chair of the Education Select Committee & Conservative MP for Harlow believes that cancelling the exams is premature. Julia is also joined by Calvin Robinson, school governor, education consultant and former Assistant Princip...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock joines Julia to discuss the first 'milestone' vaccine which offers 90% protection. David Salisbury, former director of immunisation at the Department of Health and associate fellow of Chatham House’s Global Health Programme reviews the vaccine news. Julia is also joined by Ben Habib, Former Brexit Party MEP, Chairman of Brexit Watch and Businessman on the Interna...

Environment Secretary, George Eustice joins Julia to discuss the research that reveals infections fell before lockdown. Lord Charlie Falconer, Labour’s Shadow Attorney General discusses The House of Lords voting today to remove the parts of the Internal Market Bill that breach international law. Julia is also joined by Professor Tim Spector, Principal Investigator of the ZOE Covid Symptom Study ap...

David Davis, Tory MP & former Brexit Secretary on England's second lockdown and the extension of the furlough scheme. Robert Halfon, Chair of the Education Select Committee & Tory MP for Harlow joins Julia to discuss last minute advice for schools in wake of the second lockdown. Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at Birmingham University joins Julia to analyse the latest...

Mel Stride, Chair of the Treasury Select Committee & Tory MP joins Julia to discuss the second lockdown that begins in England today. Professor Liam Kennedy, Director of the Clinton Institute for American Studies, University College Dublin discusses the US election results. Finally, Leandra Ashton talks to Julia about her mother who got arrested for trying to take her elderly mother out o...

Dr Sebastian Gorka, Adviser to President Donald Trump and Host of America First Podcast, Lisa Nandy, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary and Sir Christopher Meyer, former UK Ambassador to the US  join Julia to discus the latest US election results. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julia is joined by Robert Jenrick, Housing, Communities & Local Government Secretary to discuss the prospect of mass testing. Sebastian Gorka, Adviser to President Donald Trump and Host of America First podcast discusses the upcoming American election. Julia is also joined by Professor Anthony Glees, from the Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies at the University of Buckingham on...

Carl Heneghan, Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford and Sir Graham Brady, Conservative MP & Chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs join Julia to discuss the new four week lockdown that comes into force on Thursday. Julia is also joined by Richard Tice, Businessman & Chairman of the Brexit Party on Brexit Party that are relaunching as an anti-lockdown...

Dominic Raab, Foreign Secretary joins Julia to discuss Labour suspending Jeremy Corbyn over reaction to anti-Semitism report. Robert Halfon, Chair of the Education Select Committee and Tory MP for Harlow describes what the news of Corbyn's suspension means for Jewish people. Julia clashes with Ken Livingstone, Former Mayor of London as he defends Corbyn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Lord Ian Austin, former Labour MP, now independent peer and chair of Mainstream UK joins Julia to discuss the Equality & Human Rights Commission report into Labour anti-Semitism under Corbyn. Bella Sankey, Director of Detention Action on the latest news about the Channel Migrant deaths. Julia is also joined by Harriet Harman QC, Chair of The Human Rights Committee and Labour MP on Military per...

Environment Secretary, George Eustice joins Julia to discuss the potential for a second national lockdown. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Labour Health Secretary on the launch of the oneGM campaign. Julia clashes with Professor Paul Elliott, Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine and director of the REACT-2 study at Imperial College London over coronavirus immunity....

Nadhim Zahawi, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Minister joins Julia to discuss the Prime Minister's refusal to change his position on free school meal vouchers. Founder of Childline, Dame Esther Rantzen tells Julia she believes the Government should change tack. Councillor Heather Scott OBE, Leader of Darlington Council on the impacts a Tier 2 lockdown on her constituency. Hosted on Acast...

David Davis, Conservative MP joins Julia to discuss the 14-day isolation period potentially being cut to 7 or 10 days and Sir Bernard Jenkin calling for Dido Harding to quit over test and trace failures. Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield on the Marcus Rashford free school meal vouchers row and Tobias Ellwood, Chair of the Defence Select Committee & Tory MP for Bournemouth dis...

Nadhim Zahawi, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Minister on new lockdown measures facing Brits across the country. Dr Raghib Ali, Senior Clinical Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and an Honorary Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust gives Julia his thoughts on a second lockdown. Julia is also joined by Illusionist & Author&...