The Rundown by PoliticsHome

Conservative MP Mark Logan, vice-chair of the All-Party-Parliamentary-Group on China, and Chris Cash, director of the China Research Group, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Zoe Crowther to discuss the UK’s relationship with China, and whether the government is getting its policy right towards Beijing on TikTok, investment and foreign policy. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilt...

Kate Nicholls, CEO of UK Hospitality, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols and Ellie Hudspith from CAMRA join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst at The Feathers pub in Westminster to discuss how to save pubs from the “perfect storm” facing the industry post-Covid, and what support they need from the Treasury in next month’s Budget to stop more calling last orders.

Nicky Morgan, Conservative former culture secretary and peer, and Labour’s Lord Wilf Stevenson, a shadow spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport and Dr Michael Veale, Associate Professor of Digital Rights and Regulation at University College London, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the government’s ongoing attempts to use the Online Safety Bill to take on big tech companies and safe...

After a string of high-profile scandals over bullying, harassment and corruption in Westminster, Alain Tolhurst from PoliticsHome is joined by Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union which represents senior civil servants, as well as Fleur Anderson, Labour MP and their Shadow Paymaster General, and Jon Gerlis from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, to discuss what needs to be don...

Conservative MP Theresa Villiers, Head of Political and Social Research at polling firm Opinium Adam Drummond and Unite union national lead officer Onay Kasab join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst as the country faces the biggest day of co-ordinated strike action in a decade and Rishi Sunak marks his first 100 days as Prime Minister. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Ewan Cameron for Podot, Ed...

Labour peer and Shadow Cabinet minister Baroness Jenny Chapman and Sir Jonathan Jones KC, the government’s former top lawyer, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne to discuss the implications of the government’s controversial plans to scrap thousands of EU laws by the end of 2023. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced for Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

Prospect union general secretary Mike Clancy, GMB union national secretary Andy Prendergast and Conservative MP Vicky Ford join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss the deep strike deadlock between government and unions, as nurses stage their second wave of walkouts, the ambulance service announce six more strikes, and 100,000 civil servants prepare for a major day of action on 1 February, all...

Andrea Leadsom, a former Cabinet minister and government adviser on early years, and Next Gen Tories co-founder Matthew McPherson join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty to discuss how reforming expensive childcare is shaping up to be a major political bargaining chip and could be the key to the Tories winning back younger voters at the next election. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, pr...

Will last year's political chaos finally let up? Unlikely. PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne are joined by The Sun's Natasha Clarke to discuss the hurdles that could lead to Rishi Sunak's undoing, including Labour's tenacious poll lead, the small boast crisis, soaring cost of living, bickering backbenchers and the ever-present ghost of Boris Johnson.  Presented by Alain Tolhurst, p...

PoliticsHome looks back through a wild year in British politics, from a suitcase of booze in Downing Street and porn in the Commons, to three prime ministers after the fall of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss opened the famous No.10 door for Rishi Sunak. James Heale, diary editor of The Spectator and co-author of Out of the Blue: The Inside Story of the Unexpected Rise and Rapid Fall of Liz Truss, join...

2022 brought us three prime ministers in as many months in a chaotic year for the Conservative party. Joining PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to reflect on the revolving door in Downing Street is Financial Times Whitehall editor Sebastian Payne – author of The Fall of Boris Johnson , The Sun’s political editor Harry Cole – co-author of Out of the Blue: The Inside Story of the Unexpected Rise and Rap...

Former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland joins PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst and Eleanor Langford to discuss Rishi Sunak’s new plan to tackle the asylum seeker backlog, a host of festive strike action, and whether the Conservatives can heal recent damage.  Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

Former Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable and The House editor Rosa Prince join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss what politicians leaving parliament can expect in the real world, and why there's "nothing quite as ex as an ex-MP," according to Cable, after a number of high profile MPs have confirmed they won't stand at the next election.  Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick...

Conservative MP and former immigration minister Kevin Foster, Labour’s shadow local government minister Sarah Owen, and Robert Colvile, director of the Centre for Policy Studies think tank and Conservative Party’s 2019 election manifesto co-author, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the latest rows over  Levelling Up, housing and private schools.

Former Cabinet minister David Gauke and Professor Anand Menon, director of the UK in a Changing Europe think tank, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty to discuss the Brexit row that's bubbled back to the surface and forced new prime minister Rishi Sunak to defend the government's approach to leaving the EU to a Tory party that remains massively divided on the issue. 

Labour MP Angela Eagle, the Institute for Government's Olly Bartrum and Onward's Adam Hawksbee join PoliticsHome's Adam Payne to discuss Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, what it will mean for already struggling households, and how it could impact the Conservatives' chances at the next General Election. Presented by Adam Payne, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silve...

Former Cabinet minister Chloe Smith joins Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne from PoliticsHome to discuss the fallout from Gavin Williamson’s resignation from government over bullying allegations, what is says about new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s political judgement, and a look ahead to next week’s Autumn Statement. Presented by Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited...

Labour’s shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock, Tory MP and member of the Home Affairs select committee Tim Loughton, and Lucy Moreton, national officer for the Immigration Services Union join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss Home Secretary Suella Braverman's handling of the crisis at Manston asylum centre, and how the Home Office is talking issues around illegal migration. Presented...

Stephen Crabb, a Conservative former cabinet minister joins PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst, Eleanor Langford and Adam Payne to discuss the UK’s third PM this year. Crabb believes “the right outcome has been achieved” with Sunak's appointment and was relieved when Boris Johnson ruled himself out of the leadership race, after telling the former Prime Minister that “the Conservative Party is not going...

Former Downing Street special adviser Jack Sellers and the Institute for Government’s Dr Catherine Haddon join PoliticsHome Political Editor Adam Payne to discuss what happens after the resignation of Liz Truss. How did we get here? And who replaces her? Presented by Adam Payne, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver and Alan White.

Former Conservative London Mayoral Candidate Shaun Bailey, Co-founder of Conservatives Against Racism For Equality and Black Equity Organisation Trustee Siobhan Aarons, and Co-Chair of Hackney’s Young Futures Commission , Founding member of the Baobab Foundation and Member of the 1987 Caucus Jermain Jackman join PoliticsHome 's Seun Matiluko to discuss what it’s like to be Black in today’s Britain...

Lord Frost, Theresa Villiers and Alicia Kearns join PoliticsHome 's Alain Tolhurst at Conservative party conference in Birmingham discuss a "damaging" few days for the new prime minster, that saw a breakdown in cabinet discipline, a late-night u-turn over tax and questions over whether she can turn the party's fortunes around ahead of the next election. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nic...

Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Kyle and Shadow Minister for climate change Kerry McCarthy join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool where leader Keir Starmer made a confident pitch to put Labour into power. The MPs also discuss their karaoke favourites for the after-party, and recall how Ed Balls would skip other people's songs to jump...

Can the new prime minister cut taxes and spend big to curb soaring energy bills and get people through the cost of living crisis this winter? Conservative MP and chair of the treasury select committee Mel Stride and leading economist Paul Johnson from the Institute of Fiscal Studies join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss how Liz Truss might seek to square this seemingly impossible circle as...

🗳 How is it decided who appears on your ballot paper come election time? Journalists, plus former and prospective parliamentary candidates explain how different political parties go about selecting candidates to be their MP representatives — and what works, and doesn’t work, about the process. Written by Eleanor Langford, presented by Alain Tolhurst, edited by Laura Silver, produced by Nick Hilton...