Tonight with Andrew Marr

The PM has accepted that the protests planned during the Armistice commemerations can take place after meeting with the Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. But could the political pressure applied on the Commissioner from the Home Secretary be considered unlawful? The former Assistant Met Commissioner Neil Basu believes joins the programme. Mark Regev, the Senior Adviser to the Israeli Prime Ministe...

King Charles gives the first ever King's speech in 70 years as he presents Rishi Sunak's government agenda to parliament - while the Home Secretary's comments that homelessness is a 'lifestyle choice' continue to cause problems for the PM

The Met issued a statement urging pro-palestine protestors to 'urgently reconsider' planned marches during the Armistice and Remembrance commemerations this weekend. Should it go ahead? Conservative MP and Former Security Minister Sir John Hayes and Ragad Altikriti, Chair of the Muslim Association of Britain - one of the event organisers - share their thoughts. Big Issue Founder Lord John Bird dis...

The Bank of England have given a 50-50 chance that the UK will enter recession next year as it held interest rates at 5.25%. We'll speak to Sky News Economics Editor Ed Conway and Bloomberg Columnist Merryn Somerset-Webb. The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese discusses the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as the death toll there crosses 900...

Rishi Sunak gears up for an interview with Elon Musk tomorrow as he gathers world leaders for the first ever summit on the threats and risks posed by artificial intelligence

Dominic Cummings, the Former Chief Adviser to then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was before the covid inquiry today, along with the Former Director of Communications Lee Cain. It was another day highlighting just how disfunction the government were in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. The Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey also joins the programme to discuss Keir Starmer's speech earli...

Former Principal Private Secretary Martin Reynolds appears in front of the Covid inquiry as further damaging WhatsApps come to light about the UK government's handling of the pandemic

Israel launches a 'ground based raid' of Gaza which they describe as 'preparation for the next stage of combat'

Are the UK and the US becoming a little more isolated on the world stage as many nations, particularly from the Global South, call for a ceasefire in Gaza? With hospitals reportedly only providing emergency medical services in Gaza as fuel and power run out, we'll speak to a Doctor on the ground to get an update on the situation.

Reports this evening suggest that Israel has decided to delay a ground incursion into Gaza until the United States finishing deploying ships, soliders and air defence assetts across the region. But tensions remain high across the region. The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps joins the programme from Saudi Arabia. To discuss if there is any hope for peace or a long-term settlement between Israel and t...

70 MPs from eight different parties and the UN General Secretary join the more than three quarters of the population who want a ceasefire in the Middle East

The Prime Minister told the house of commons 'We stand with Israel' following a statement earlier this afternoon to MPs. Sunak also revealed to MP's that the UK intellgience services believe the Al-Ahli hospital blast was caused by a missile from 'within Gaza'. And the Israeli military said they believed Hamas were holding 212 hostages in the Gaza Strip. The Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and an...

America and the UK urge citizens in Lebanon to leave the country as tensions in the Middle East increase further in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war

US President Joe Biden arrived in Israel this morning just mere hours after an explosion at a Gaza hospital killed nearly 500 Palestinians. Biden said it was done by Palestinians, a viewed shared by US intellgience and the IDF. But this was too late to prevent protests across the region as news and speculation spread wildly across social media.

As President Biden and the Prime Minister prepare to visit Israel, Iran warns Netenyahu that bombardment of Gaza could provoke a response

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed that at least 10 British citizens have been killed and 10 more are missing more than one week on from Hamas' brutal attack on Israel

If Israeli Defense Force does go into Gaza to fight Hamas street by street, they will be entering one of the most dangerous types of war zone in the world - a tightly packed, chaotic urban environment, with tunnels below it and a thousand opportunities for ambush. Think of Stalingrad. Think, indeed, of Warsaw. So among the questions we have to ask today is whether Hamas is luring the Israelis into...

Andrew speaks to the UK Security Minister, Tom Tugendhat, as the situation in Israel intensifies with reports of 'hostile aircraft' entering the country from Lebanon

Sir Keir Starmer makes his keynote speech to the 2023 Labour Conference in Liverpool, promising a 'decade of national renewal' under a Labour government

The Israel-Hamas war spilled over into southern Lebanon this afternoon for a few hours and risks spreading like wildfire across the region. Just how dangerous is the situation for the State of Israel? Former CIA Director John Brennan joins the show. And over in Manchester, at the Labour Party Conference, the Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave what could be her best speech yet on the main stage....

England has the worst housing prospects in all of the developed world. We pay some of the highest rents, have more unsuitable properties than the European average, and the worst prospect to purchase a home.

The Prime Minister took to the stage on the last day of the Conservative Party conference to say the country needs change, and only the Conservatives can deliver change. He hit back at the 'status quo' of the past 30 years and said politicians needed to stop with the empty rhetoric and get on with delivering policies. He also announced the axing of the northern leg of HS2 - and a Network North pro...

Suella Braverman takes centre stage at the Conservative Conference, saying the 'racist label won't work' against her in her effort to tackle illegal migration

HS2 hysteria took over The Conservative Party Conference in Manchester today, after it was reported that the Prime Minister would make a final decision on HS2's northern leg this week. The Conservative West Midlands Mayor Andy Street joins the programme.

With Labour and the Conservatives gearing up for their party conferences, Andrew asks: what on earth can they do to bring a sense of optimism back to the UK?