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The Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson brings a deeper look at the big stories - with Sky News correspondents and expert guests.

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The Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson brings a deeper look at the big stories - with Sky News correspondents and expert guests.

    Funding the BBC – if not the licence fee then what?

    Funding the BBC – if not the licence fee then what?

    The government has announced that in 2024 the BBC licence fee will rise by £10.50. The fee, which had been frozen at £159 two years ago, was expected to rise in line with inflation but Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has said the predicted increase of £15 would "absolutely" be too much. The government is also launching a review of the BBC's funding model.

    The governing body of the BBC has said the below-inflation rise will “have a significant impact on the wider creative sector across the UK”.

    So what would a new funding model look like, and what does this mean for the future of the BBC?

    On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson talks to Roger Mosey, former head of BBC Television News, and Alice Enders, director of research at Enders Analysis about what could come next.

    Producer: Alex Edden
    Interviews Producer: Melissa Tutesigensi
    Promotion producer: David Chipakupaku
    Editor: Philly Beaumont

    • 15 min
    'Unite or die': Why the Tories can't stop fighting

    'Unite or die': Why the Tories can't stop fighting

    Rishi Sunak has told Conservatives to "unite or die" over his Rwanda migration bill.

    The prime minister's plan to send migrants to the African country, where their asylum claims would be processed, is in turmoil following the resignation of immigration minister Robert Jenrick.

    He stood down after it was revealed the bill did not allow the government to override the international laws that have stopped the policy in its tracks.

    On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson talks to our deputy political editor Sam Coates about the Tories’ infighting and whether they can overcome it. And Guto Harri, former Downing Street director of communications under Boris Johnson, tells Niall about the “insatiable appetite for self-harm” among Conservatives.

    Podcast producer: Soila Apparicio
    Interviews producer: Melissa Tutesigensi
    Promotion producer: David Chipakupaku
    Editor: Philly Beaumont

    • 21 min
    Boris Johnson at the COVID Inquiry: part one

    Boris Johnson at the COVID Inquiry: part one

    The former prime minister, Boris Johnson, has given almost five hours of evidence to the COVID inquiry today.

    He began by apologising for the pain and suffering of victims and their families during the pandemic and admitted that "unquestionably" mistakes were made by his government.

    But the King’s Counsel’s attempt to get square answers from him about vanished WhatsApp messages, the ‘toxic’ culture inside cabinet and the government’s stalled reaction time wasn’t so straight forward.

    Today, Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby joins Niall Paterson to unpack the first of two days of questioning in the search for answers about Boris Johnson’s leadership during the pandemic.

    Podcast producer: Alex Edden
    Interviews producer: Melissa Tutesigensi
    Promotion producer: David Chipakupaku
    Editor: Philly Beaumont

    • 22 min
    Will the Tories' latest plans to cut legal migration work?

    Will the Tories' latest plans to cut legal migration work?

    Home Secretary James Cleverly is having a busy third week in his new job, just as his approval ratings among Tory supporters collapse, according to polling by ConservativeHome.

    He's announced new rules intended to bring down legal migration to the UK, including raising the salary needed to qualify for a skilled worker visa to £38,700, and overseas care workers will no longer be allowed to bring their partners and children. British people will also no longer be able to bring over their foreign-born spouses unless they earn £38,700.

    On the Sky News Daily with Niall Paterson, our political editor Beth Rigby and business correspondent Paul Kelso unpick the latest migration announcements.

    Plus, Nadra Ahmed, executive co-chairman of the National Care Association, joins Niall to discuss the potential impact on the care sector.

    Podcast producer: Soila Apparicio
    Interviews producer: Melissa Tutesigensi
    Promotion producer: David Chipakupaku
    Editor: Wendy Parker

    • 22 min
    What happens to the families of sex offenders?

    What happens to the families of sex offenders?

    Police forces make more than 850 arrests a month for online child sex offences in England and Wales. The majority of suspects are men who can have families living with them at the time of the offence.

    Thousands of children every year now have to deal with the vicarious shame and stigma that's associated with such a crime. Families have to move, and leave schools and jobs - the trauma of which can cause warzone equivalent post-traumatic stress.

    On the Sky News Daily, Sarah-Jane Mee speaks to our correspondent Katerina Vittozzi, who has spent time with Lincolnshire Police's paedophile online investigation team, exploring what is being done to support families of offenders.

    And Sarah-Jane is joined by Heather, not her real name, whose partner was convicted of online child sex offences and has now gone on to campaign for more support for non-offending family members.

    Producers: Emma Rae Woodhouse and Alex Edden
    Promotions producer: Jada-Kai Meosa John
    Editor: Philly Beaumont

    • 19 min
    Bonus: ClimateCast - COP28: Breakthrough at Dubai climate conference

    Bonus: ClimateCast - COP28: Breakthrough at Dubai climate conference

    The King has urged world leaders assembled in Dubai to make the COP28 climate summit a "critical turning point" in the fight to tackle global warming. And there has already been a breakthrough with wealthy nations contributing nearly $300m to a 'loss and damage' fund compensating poorer countries for the effects of climate change.

    It has taken 32 years to agree so while it is an achievement, the real issue remains cutting fossil fuels. In oil-rich Dubai that is a thorny issue. It and other petrostates are still arguing that the world needs fossil fuels while it transitions to greener energy sources.

    Climatecast host Tom Heap is in Dubai finding out what COP28 might achieve.

    For more from CimateCast, click here to subscribe.

    Producers: Emma Rae Woodhouse & Luke Denne
    Editor: Wendy Parker

    • 19 min

Customer Reviews

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386 Ratings

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Brilliant stuff

Niall is such a great journalist (and interviewer). Always a pleasure to listen

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Biased left wing reporting. Not worth listening to.

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The big man’s upped his game!

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