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Our weekly podcast from Politics Home discussing all the ups and downs in Westminster. Please subscribe and share - and keep up with all the latest news on PoliticsHome.com. Got a question for the team? news@politicshome.com.
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Never-ending prison sentences
Conservative MP and chair of the justice select committee Sir Bob Neill, Lib Dem peer and justice reform campaigner Baroness Lorely Burt and deputy director of the Prison Reform Trust Mark Day discuss the “unique injustice” of now discredited Imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences which imprison offenders for an indeterminate amount of time, with PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst.
Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver -
How many education secretaries?
Chair of the education select committee and Conservative MP Robin Walker, general secretary of teaching union the NASUWT Dr Patrick Roach and co-founder of teacher survey app Teacher Tapp Laura McInerney join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss the impact of a revolving door of education secretaries, and questions about performance of the Department for Education.
Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver -
Tory hope crumbles
Conservative MP Matt Warman joins PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty to discuss a tricky first week back in Parliament after summer recess for Rishi Sunak with the RAAC crisis and and a ruthless Keir Starmer reshuffle.
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Dawn Butler: Politics of purpose
Labour MP for Brent Central Dawn Butler. a former minister under Gordon Brown, talks to PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst about making history as the first black woman to speak from the House of Commons despatch box, how to fix the Met police, and her new book ‘A Purposeful Life; What I’ve Learned About Breaking Barriers and Inspiring Change’.
Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver -
James Schneider: “The centre doesn’t really exist”
Jeremy Corbyn’s former director of strategic communications James Schneider talks about how Labour’s hope in 2017 turned to despair in 2019, and tells PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst why he’s sceptical that Keir Starmer will be more radical in office than he is now, and that his strategy can win one, but not a second, term in office.
Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver -
Luciana Berger: “I feel that our democracy is diminished”
Former Labour MP Luciana Berger explains why she sensationally quit the party over anti-semitism in 2019, what made her return earlier this year under Keir Starmer’s leadership, and discusses with PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst how even now there is “limited understanding” of the scale of abuse politicians face.
Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver
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