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Ipsos poll: 50% of people don’t know what Sir Keir Starmer stands for . Who is in the lead ahead of the next general election? Will the public decide ‘better the devil we don’t know’? Keiran Pedley, Director of Politics at Ipsos UK discusses their latest poll results, and how Keir Starmer compares with Rishi Sunak. In this episode: Does it matter that 50% of people don’t know what Keir Starmer sta...

The Met Police has named a major new suspect in the murder of 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence in 1993 . He was assaulted and killed in a racist attack by six white teenagers in Eltham. Thirty years since the fatal attack, only two of his killers have faced justice. Our Crime Reporter John Dunne reveals what we know about the new suspect Matthew White and our Home Affairs Editor Martin Bentham shares...

This is a bonus episode taken from our business show, How to be a CEO. To hear the full episode click here . There are dream jobs, right? Everyone has their own: Astronaut, athlete, having your own ice cream parlour on a beach. All exciting. But running a beer company. That’s got to be pretty high up on the list for a lot of people? Brian Perkins is the president of Budweiser Brewing Group in the...

On a small farm in Chinsali, in Zambia’s far northeast, girls are learning new farming techniques in the hopes of saving our planet.  Ros Russell presents a special episode as part of the Let Girls Learn series, where the Evening Standard is hearing stories from around the globe that shine a light on innovations and solutions that are helping girls to fulfil their right to healthy, productive...

Personal stories from the Windrush generation about their memories of coming to the UK and what the 75th anniversary means to them.  Plus, Patrick Vernon OBE, culture historian, social commentator and campaigner, whose parents are part of the Windrush generation. He explains why the anniversary is bittersweet, what still needs to be done in relation to the scandal, and his campaign to have th...

Efforts intensify in the search for the Titan sub as rescuers race against the clock to locate the vessel which has five people on board. The US Coast Guard says it could run out of oxygen by Thursday morning.  The world’s gaze is now on OceanGate, the private excursions company behind the missing submersible.  Martin Bentham is the Evening Standard’s Home Affairs Editor. Hosted on Acast...

The Evening Standard's City Hall Editor & Transport Editor, Ross Lydall, sits down with the shortlisted three Tory candidates hoping to represent their party in the 2024 London mayoral elections.  London Assembly member Susan Hall, tech entrepreneur Dan Korski and barrister Moz Hossain - who all want to be the one from the Conservatives to face Labour’s Sadiq Khan. We hear their personal...

The Mayor of London is facing one of his biggest tests yet with a legal showdown on 4th July over the expansion of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone. Five Tory councils claim the Mayor acted unlawfully in the way he proposed to widen the zone to the Greater London boundary on 29th August. Sadiq Khan’s controversial flagship policy to tackle the capital’s toxic air is emerging as a key issue in the 2024...

This is a bonus episode taken from our business show, How to be a CEO. Raphael Sofoluke is the CEO and founder of the Black Business Show, part of Black Business Week. The event is now the biggest in the UK and Europe, with around 15,000 attendees expected in 2023. But it started as a side-hustle! To hear the interview in full click this link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Record numbers of families are being put up in hotels in London . Being ghosted by agents and the “massive” rental affordability requirements. Raising a 3-year-old in a hotel room. 28-year-old mum Nicole Bent explains how she ended up living in a North London hotel, why it’s costing her so much in food, and what she thinks needs to change to help people in her position. In this episode: How Nicole...

How Boris Johnson committed a “serious, serious contempt” . 180-page report deconstructed. Boris brands report findings 'deranged’. Is his punishment enough? Our Chief Political Correspondent Rachael Burford discusses the report, what punishment awaits Mr Johnson, how the public might respond, and what might happen next . In this episode: The key points from the Privileges Committee’s report How B...

Six years after the Grenfell tragedy, survivors and witnesses tell their story from the night, and reveal the legacy left by the fire . Tiago Alves and Joe Delaney , who both escaped the building, are joined by our Crime Reporter John Dunne , and former Evening Standard photographer Jeremy Selwyn who both covered the Grenfell fire in 2017.  Please note: This episode contains the stories of Gr...

It’s the start of the Covid-19 Inquiry, where the way in which the Government handled the pandemic will be fully investigated.  It'll take at least three years to get all the answers, but at the heart of this inquiry are documents, WhatsApp messages and bereaved families waiting to know the truth. Tristan Kirk, the Evening Standard’s Courts Correspondent, takes us through the key moments of t...

Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson clash over honours list saga . Three by-elections triggered as Tory MPs quit. Can the Conservative Party bounce back from this latest drama? Our Political Editor Nicholas Cecil discusses the impact these resignations will have on the Conservative party, and how Rishi Sunak can bounce back from this latest set-back. In this episode: How the MP resignations came out of...

This is a bonus episode taken from our business show, How to be a CEO . Every start-up has an origin story. Vishal Marria’s is pretty dramatic. It began when he was just nine years old, and was attacked by four men who held a knife to his neck in a raid on his father’s cash and carry store. That traumatic moment sparked an interest in crime that took him into data analytics, and eventually the fou...

An art charity backed by Banksy, Tracey Emin and Gilbert & George is helping divert hundreds of young Londoners away from knife crime and serious violence every year - with creative disciplines from nail painting to podcasting. Now, Art Against Knives has produced a report with civil rights group Liberty in the hope of finding what it describes as a “non-policing solution” to London’s tragic b...

Universal basic income is the levelling up trial that’s been getting some considerable attention. Now, after projects testing the social welfare scheme in other parts of the world, two similar experiments for here in England are being drawn-up, one in north London’s East Finchley and the other in Jarrow, South Tyneside. In the capital, it would see 15 participants given £1,600 per month for two ye...

Apple says its eye-tracking Vision Pro mixed reality headset heralds the “era of spatial computing” to browse and game with a digitised version of the world overlaid onto actual reality. The tech giant's boss Tim Cook promises the nearly £3,000 Mac for your face will “unlock experience like nothing we’ve ever seen” in a new metaverse. But what are the risks to young minds from this increasingly im...

It’s day one for Prince Harry giving evidence in his claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror - the first British royal to give court testimony in more than 130 years. This episode of the Leader podcast is brought to you, in part, from outside the Rolls Building of the Royal Courts of Justice in the City of London, where the Duke of Sussex is suing Mirror Group Newspapers for damages. He’s...

Thousands of London households are being hit with a fresh property squeeze as lenders hike interest rates again. Now, according to financial data firm Moneyfacts, the average two-year fixed-rate mortgage deal costs £35 more per month than it did a couple of weeks ago, following successive Bank of England base rate rises. It comes after TSB withdrew its ten-year fixed-rate, while Coventry Building...

This is a bonus episode taken from our business podcast, How to be a CEO. Recorded live at the Evening Standard’s SME EXPO at ExCel London, Casyo ‘Krept’ Johnson - one half of the hip-hop duo Krept & Konan - and influencer, Sasha Ellese Gilbert, share the story of how they co-founded the sell-out brand Nala's Baby. Originally devised in lockdown as a solution to their daughter's eczema, the co...

Pride month is officially here. Taking over the calendars every June, there’s events, festivals, exhibitions and even more, all celebrating the LGBTQ+ community.  El Hunt, feature writer for the Evening Standard, explains the importance of Pride and gives you her top picks on the best things to see and do.  In part two, we look at why we’re in the midst of a noughties revival with music...

After warnings from experts that artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, the Evening Standard’s senior feature writer and commissioning editor, Katie Strick, takes us on a deep dive into the risks of the technology. What the research suggests, the predictions from leading figures, and ultimately, just how worried we should all be about AI. You can read more on this story here: https://ww...

It’s the first of three days of industrial action affecting trains this week. Unions are being accused of targeting big events as the latest action comes at half term and with the FA Cup final at Wembley. Rachael Burford, the Evening Standard’s Chief Political Correspondent, explains everything you need to know about the latest round of rail strikes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Warning, this podcast episode contains strong language as well as major spoilers for the last episode ever of Succession.  We now know the identity of Waystar Royco’s next CEO, the actual successor. Four seasons, 39 episodes, umpteen brutal insults, thousands of f-bombs and countless amounts of family backstabbing… have amounted to this final decision.   The Evening Standard’s Eliza...