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The Conservatives seem unable to escape their party splits on migration. Despite "taking back control" of UK borders being central to the Brexit campaign, net migration figures have hit record highs. After a week where political wrangling over migration has thrown Rishi Sunak's premiership into peril, we ask economics professor and UK in a Changing Europe senior fellow, Jonathan Portes, about what the statistics tell us and why this issue continues to have such prominence.

Plus: the Treasury Select Committee calls the government's flagship financial reforms a "damp squib". Our reporter Tom Rees tells us why. Hosted by Caroline Hepker and Stephen Carroll. 
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Rishi Sunak has tried to reassert control of his party and his migration policy in held a hastily-arranged press conference at Downing Street, following the resignation of Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick.

Our UK Political Editor Kitty Donaldson gives us her reaction to Sunak's comments, and whether the vote on the Rwanda deportation bill next week now looks like a confidence vote.

Plus, we get analysis from Gavin Megaw of communications firm Hanover Group on how the Prime Minister sold his message. Hosted by Stephen Carroll and Yuan Potts. 
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Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised to victims and their families "for the pain and the loss and suffering" they experienced during the pandemic. Our reporter Emily Ashton tells us what he had to say on his first day of evidence to the Covid Inquiry and what it might mean for his legacy.

Plus: Prime Minister's Questions focuses on the government's new deportation treaty with Rwanda, as Keir Starmer tries to poke holes in the agreement signed yesterday. Hosted by Yuan Potts and Stephen Carroll. 
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Rishi Sunak has promised his government will start flying asylum seekers to Rwanda to be processed before the next election. But the only UK government plane landing there today was carrying the Home Secretary James Cleverly, who's trying to salvage the plan. Our East Africa Correspondent Ondiro Oganga is following the trip from Kigali.

Before he left, Cleverly announced sweeping changes to visa requirements for people trying to legally move to the UK. Ben Brindle from the University of Oxford's Migration Observatory discusses the significance of the changes.

Plus: a company in hot water. Bloomberg's Jess Shankleman explains how a flood of concerns over Thames Water is soaking up attention in Westminster. Hosted by Lizzy Burden and Yuan Potts. 
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Keir Starmer is making his first economic speech since the Autumn statement, where he's expected to set out Labour's economic strategy. The Leader of the Opposition is speaking at the launch of the Resolution Foundation's Economy 2030 Inquiry. The think tank says Britain is suffering from fifteen years of stagnation, making the average household £8,000 worse off than similar countries. 

Resolution Foundation Research Director Greg Thwaites and Bloomberg senior economy writer Philip Aldrick join us to discuss how Britain can catch up with its economic peers. Hosted by Lizzy Burden and Caroline Hepker. 
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Reports of crimes targeting Jews, Muslims and Arabs have risen around the world in since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, and the Israeli military’s retaliatory operation in Gaza. While previous conflicts in the Middle East also sparked a backlash outside the region, this time it is more intense and the wave of hate may be far from cresting, according to advocacy groups, former law enforcement officials and analysts. In this Bloomberg Radio special report, Stephen Carroll examines how these communities are confronting a global surge in hate speech and hate crimes.
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