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The Rundown by PoliticsHome

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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00:41:36

Tories bet the house(ing)

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2023/12/01

Conservative former housing minister Brandon Lewis, chief executive of homelessness charity Shelter Polly Neate, journalist and commentator John Oxley, and senior researcher at the Centre for London Millie Mitchell, join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss whether a bold new offer on house building could help turn the Tory fortunes around, and how important the housing crisis will be at the upcoming election.

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00:30:01

Hunt's fiscal "fiction"

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2023/11/24

Labour’s shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones, Tory MP Stephen Hammond, Resolution Foundation's Cara Pacitti and Institute for Fiscal Studies' Ben Zaranko join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss Jeremy Hunt's plans to kickstart the economy and whether the Chancellor is dealing in "fiscal fiction". Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:39:39

Behind David Cameron’s shock return to Cabinet

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2023/11/17

Lord Ed Vaizey, former culture minister and leading Cameroon, Baroness Kate Fall, David Cameron’s deputy chief of staff in Downing Street, and Professor Meg Russell from UCL’s Constitution Unit join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss the former PM’s shock return to Cabinet this week, and what it says about the direction of the Tories under Rishi Sunak. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:44:39

Labour’s path to power

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2023/11/10

Neal Lawson, director of centre-left campaign organisation Compass, Abdi Duale, a member of Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee, and Morgan Jones, reporter for the website Labour List, join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss Keir Starmer’s re-shaping of the Labour party, the squeezing of the left and Labour’s policy direction as it heads into an election campaign 20 points clear of the Conservatives. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura

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00:35:25

Covid chaos in No.10

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2023/11/03

Health minister during Covid-19 Lord Bethell, Institute for Government's Cath Haddon, openDemocracy reporter Ruby Lott-Lavigna, and chair of the health select committee Steve Brine join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss a week of explosive hearings at the Covid inquiry. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:29:21

Can AI be saved from itself?

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2023/10/27

AI minister Viscount Camrose, Ada Lovelace Institute's Renate Samson and TechUK's Antony Walker join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Zoe Crowther to discuss Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's big AI speech and next week’s Bletchley Park global AI safety summit.

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00:30:55

Do bishops belong in the Lords?

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2023/10/20

Tommy Sheppard, SNP MP and chair of the Humanists APPG, Jess Sargeant, associate director at the Institute for Government, and broadcaster Edward Stourton, presenter of Sunday, BBC Radio 4’s long-running religious affairs programme, join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss whether the 26 Anglican Bishops in the House of Lords still perform a useful function, or are an anachronism who should not be helping make laws in a 21st century democracy. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick

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00:30:59

Live At Labour Conference: MPs eye a decade in power

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2023/10/11

Shadow attorney general and Labour MP Emily Thornberry and Labour leader of Manchester council Bev Craig join PoliticsHome's Adam Payne and The House's Tali Fraser at Labour party conference in Liverpool where the party set out its pledges for government if they're put into power at the next general election. Presented by Adam Payne, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver.

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00:29:56

Live at Conservative Conference: Rishi's final push

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2023/10/03

Conservative party chair Greg Hands and Tory MP Sara Britcliffe join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst live at Conservative party conference in Manchester to discuss how Tories can take on the final year before the next election, and what they've been hearing from voters on the doorstep. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver.

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00:39:42

The future of money

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2023/09/29

Tory MP Marcus Fysh, who chairs the APPG on central bank digital currencies, and Silkie Carlo, director of the campaign group Big Brother Watch, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Tom Scotson to look at how access to cash and a new type of money have fuelled privacy concerns and fed into the wider culture wars.

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00:32:13

Never-ending prison sentences

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2023/09/22

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

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00:30:42

How many education secretaries?

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2023/09/15

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

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00:36:41

Tory hope crumbles

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2023/09/08

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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00:35:06

Dawn Butler: Politics of purpose

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2023/09/01

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

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00:49:01

James Schneider: “The centre doesn’t really exist”

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2023/08/24

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

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00:32:39

Luciana Berger: “I feel that our democracy is...

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2023/08/17

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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00:34:11

Chris Bryant: Is this the worst Parliament ever?

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2023/08/11

Labour MP, former minister and chair of the Committee on Standards Chris Bryant, speaks to PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst about why the House of Commons has become such a disreputable place, and his plan to fix it. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:35:44

Lord Bethell: Ministry of Sound to ministry of health

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2023/08/04

Former public health minister Lord Bethell discusses how he joined the upper chamber through the little-known hereditary peer by-election system, his previous life running the Ministry of Sound nightclub, and his crusade to improve the nation’s wellbeing. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, edited by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:38:26

Could government ditch green pledges?

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2023/07/28

Daisy Powell Chandler, elections strategist and consult at Public First, and Cameron Smith from the Conservative Environment Network join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty to discuss the fallout on climate and net zero policy after the ULEZ row in the Uxbridge by-election. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:31:15

What happens when the mortgage bomb goes off?

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2023/07/21

Labour frontbencher Abena Oppong-Asare, research director at the Resolution Foundation James Smith and deputy director at centre right think tank Onward Adam Hawksbee join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the 'mortgage time bomb' ticking under the British economy.

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