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This general election there is only one female leader on the ballot, the Green party co-Leader. Yet increasingly, women hold many of the key jobs in Westminster. We're profiling these key frontline female politicians. This week, Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch: a Conservative rising star marked as a potential successor to Rishi Sunak, but also known for her debating skill and strident views on diversity and inclusion issues. Hosted by Caroline Hepker and Ailbhe Rea.  
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Today we're bringing you our special Bloomberg Business Debate with the Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds. They clashed over growth and Net Zero targets, during the conversation with Bloomberg's Anna Edwards. Plus, analysis from our UK Correspondent Lizzy Burden, City Editor Katherine Griffiths and Senior Economics reporter Philip Aldrick. 
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Our election panel discusses another set of polls pointing to a large Labour majority and a Conservative meltdown. Meanwhile the Tory campaign is under further pressure after news of an investigation by the Gambling Commission. We're joined by Alice Perry, former chair of Labour's National Executive Committee, Luisa Porritt, former Liberal Democrat member of the European Parliament and Chris Wilkins, former speechwriter to Theresa May. Hosted by Yuan Potts and Caroline Hepker. 
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This general election there is only one female leader on the ballot, the Green party co-Leader. Yet increasingly, women hold many of the key jobs in Westminster. We're profiling these key frontline female politicians. This week, Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner: one of the party's best media performers, a standard bearer for the left, and who sees her role models for government as a mix of John Prescott and Nick Clegg. Hosted by Caroline Hepker and Ailbhe Rea.  
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 A recent YouGov poll put Reform UK ahead of the Conservatives for the first time in its history. But who are the people running the party, what's driving its recent success and what do Reform voters look like? We ask Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University and author of several books on the populist right. Hosted by Yuan Potts and Stephen Carroll.  
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The latest opinion polls are bringing variations on the same theme: Labour have a massive lead over the Conservatives, Reform UK are rising up the ranks, and the Tories look on track for either a very bad, or catastrophic election. We discuss how the polls are influencing voters and the campaign with our UK Political Editor Alex Wickham. Hosted by Stephen Carroll and Yuan Potts. 
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