As the election race enters the final stretch PolHome’s editor Adam Payne and political and digital consultant Laura Dunn join host Alain Tolhurst to look at the final leaders’ debate, after Rishi Sunak came out swinging Wednesday night, what w

Two weeks to total Tory wipeout?

9 days ago 1h 18m

With two weeks of the campaign to go Scarlett Maguire, director at pollsters JL Partners, Andrew Roe-Crines, Senior Lecturer in British Politics at Liverpool University, and Philip Catney, senior politics lecturer at Keele University, look at w

Three weeks left to go

16 days ago 1h 1m

As attention switches to party manifestos this week three people first-hand experience of writing them; Rachel Wolf, who co-wrote the Tory 2019 manifesto, Marc Stears, part of the team who wrote Labour’s 2015 manifesto, and Lord Richard Newby,

Farage and a taxing debate

23 days ago 53m 18s

The second week of the election campaign has been dominated by Nigel Farage’s decision to stand to be an MP and the fallout from the first leaders debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer. Alain Tolhurst is joined by elections experts Rob Fo

Whips' secrets || On the campaign trail

29 days ago 53m 4s

PoliticsHome editor Adam Payne and reporter Nadine Batchelor-Hunt take stock of the first week of the general election campaign, plus broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth and journalist Seb Whale join Alain Tolhurst to discuss their books

MPs bid farewell

May 24th, 2024 36m 15s

Conservative MPs Stephen Hammond and Henry Smith, both of whom have decided not to run for their seats again at the general election, reflect on why they have called it quits on the Commons, and offer some advice for candidates vying to replace

Why be an MP?

May 17th, 2024 39m 10s

Michael Crick, who runs the @tomorrowsMPs Twitter and three prospective parliamentary candidates – Khobi Patterson-Vallis, Conservative candidate for Brighton; Josh Babarinde, Lib Dem candidate for Eastbourne; and Roz Savage, Lib Dems candidate

Local wipeout

1 May 10th, 2024 35m 54s

Conservative MP Mark Garnier, director of research at Labour Together Christabel Cooper, and professor of politics at Queen Mary University Tim Bale join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to assess the fallout from the local elections which saw hug

Why can’t Prime Ministers get things done?

May 3rd, 2024 45m 43s

Alex Thomas, programme director at the Institute for Government, Dr Michelle Clement, researcher in residence at Number 10, and Hugh Bennett, a former Downing Street special adviser, join Alain Tolhurst from PoliticsHome to talk about the probl

Will Rwanda work?

Apr 26th, 2024 36m 47s

Conservative MP Robert Buckland and director of the Hansard Society Dr Ruth Fox join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty to discuss the passage of the government’s Safety of Rwanda Bill into law after a tortuous journey through pa

Liz Truss Interview: She'd do it again

Apr 18th, 2024 28m 47s

Former prime minister Liz Truss speaks to PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss her new book, Ten Years to Save the West, and reflect on her tumultuous 49 days in Downing Street in 2022, what her second act would be, and whether she'd do it

Can the Tories survive?

Apr 12th, 2024 37m 49s

Katy Balls, political editor of The Spectator, Henry Hill, acting editor of ConservativeHome, Paul Scully, Tory MP for Sutton and Cheam, and Gavin Rice, director at Onward’s Future of Conservatism project, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to

Why vote?

Apr 5th, 2024 38m 9s

Authors of Why Vote? How to make your voice heard in a world of broken politics Jo Phillips and David Seymour join PoliticsHome's Caitlin Doherty and Alain Tolhurst to discuss why apathy is the enemy of democracy, why we should all fight agains

Mood of the nation

Mar 30th, 2024 49m 53s

Labour MP and chair of the Commons Petitions Committee Cat Smith and CEO of pollsters Thinks Insight & Strategy Ben Shimshon join PoliticsHome's Adam Payne and Alain Tolhurst a major new Mood of the Nation survey, featuring excerpts from an acc

Fixing Parliament’s ethics crisis

Mar 21st, 2024 41m 23s

At a special event in the House of Lords this week, PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst meets three ethics regulators to look at the role of Standards in Parliament, The Civil Service, and Public Life. Featuring First Civil Service Commissioner Baron

Brewing scandals

Mar 14th, 2024 36m 2s

‌Barry Gardiner, Labour MP and longtime campaigner for leaseholder victims, Nazek Ramadan, director of Migrant Voice, and Alice Hardy, a lawyer for Bindmans, who work on behalf of the TOEIC overseas students, falsely accused of cheating on the

Women in Westminster

Mar 7th, 2024 35m 14s

To celebrate the launch of this year’s Women in Westminster 100 list three of the nominees; Labour MP Dame Diana Johnson, Conservative MP Theo Clarke and founder of campaign group Pregnant then Screwed, Joeli Brearley join PoliticsHome’s Alain

Bills, bills, bills

Mar 1st, 2024 27m 35s

Director JL Partners pollsters Scarlett Maguire, and Group Executive Vice President at energy solutions provider Grundfos Bent Jensen join PoliticsHome's Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and Alain Tolhurst to discuss the public’s desire for help with home

Are MPs safe?

Feb 23rd, 2024 34m 3s

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, whose sister Jo Cox was murdered in 2016 while serving as the MP, and Conservative MP and vice chair of the cross-party group on hate crime Elliot Colburn join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss safety risks face

Pubs on the brink

Feb 16th, 2024 42m 14s

PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst heads to The Sanctuary House pub in Westminster with Labour MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on pubs Charlotte Nichols, Camra's Ellie Hudspith, UK Hospitality's Tony Sophoclides and British Beer an

Local cash crisis

Feb 9th, 2024 37m 27s

Labour MP and chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee Clive Betts, and leader of Milton Keynes Council Pete Marland, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty to discuss the crisis in local government finance a

Conversion therapy ban in the long grass

Feb 2nd, 2024 26m 1s

Tory MP Alicia Kearns and interim CEO of anti-LGBT abuse charity Galop Amy Roch join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Zoe Crowther to discuss the government's ailing promise to legislate against the controversial practise of conversion therapy

Football’s financial crisis

Jan 25th, 2024 32m 16s

Labour MP and former shadow sports minister Clive Efford and director of advocacy at campaign group Fair Game Mike Baker join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst and Tom Scotson to explore government plans for an independent regulator and football go

Reform want to "obliterate" Tories

Jan 19th, 2024 33m 32s

Ben Habib, co-deputy leader of Reform UK, and Christabel Cooper, director of research at think tank Labour Together, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne to discuss the surge in support for the right-wing party Reform and the impac

Democracy in crisis?

Jan 12th, 2024 39m 58s

Alistair Carmichael, former Cabinet minister and Liberal Democrat MP, Dr Jess Garland, director of policy and research at the Electoral Reform Society, and Naomi Smith, CEO at the campaign group Best for Britain, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhu