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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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00:28:00

Is the UK out of step on China?

The Rundown by PoliticsHome ·

2023/03/03

Conservative MP Mark Logan, vice-chair of the All-Party-Parliamentary-Group on China, and Chris Cash, director of the China Research Group, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Zoe Crowther to discuss the UK’s relationship with China, and whether the government is getting its policy right towards Beijing on TikTok, investment and foreign policy. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:31:14

Last orders for pubs without Budget boost

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2023/02/24

Kate Nicholls, CEO of UK Hospitality, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols and Ellie Hudspith from CAMRA join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst at The Feathers pub in Westminster to discuss how to save pubs from the “perfect storm” facing the industry post-Covid, and what support they need from the Treasury in next month’s Budget to stop more calling last orders.

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00:35:53

Can the internet be governed?

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2023/02/16

Nicky Morgan, Conservative former culture secretary and peer, and Labour’s Lord Wilf Stevenson, a shadow spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport and Dr Michael Veale, Associate Professor of Digital Rights and Regulation at University College London, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the government’s ongoing attempts to use the Online Safety Bill to take on big tech companies and safeguard people on the internet.

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00:41:03

Westminster needs cleaning up, is Sunak up to it?

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2023/02/09

After a string of high-profile scandals over bullying, harassment and corruption in Westminster, Alain Tolhurst from PoliticsHome is joined by Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union which represents senior civil servants, as well as Fleur Anderson, Labour MP and their Shadow Paymaster General, and Jon Gerlis from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, to discuss what needs to be done to clean up Parliament and rebuild trust in politics. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Ewan

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00:30:30

Strikes, scandal, and a shaky start for Sunak

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2023/02/02

Conservative MP Theresa Villiers, Head of Political and Social Research at polling firm Opinium Adam Drummond and Unite union national lead officer Onay Kasab join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst as the country faces the biggest day of co-ordinated strike action in a decade and Rishi Sunak marks his first 100 days as Prime Minister. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Ewan Cameron for Podot, Edited by Laura Silver

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00:38:26

Dash to scrap EU law will create “horrible mess”

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2023/01/27

Labour peer and Shadow Cabinet minister Baroness Jenny Chapman and Sir Jonathan Jones KC, the government’s former top lawyer, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne to discuss the implications of the government’s controversial plans to scrap thousands of EU laws by the end of 2023. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced for Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:38:33

Striking unions hold firm on pay

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2023/01/20

Prospect union general secretary Mike Clancy, GMB union national secretary Andy Prendergast and Conservative MP Vicky Ford join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss the deep strike deadlock between government and unions, as nurses stage their second wave of walkouts, the ambulance service announce six more strikes, and 100,000 civil servants prepare for a major day of action on 1 February, all over over pay and conditions. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited

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00:31:02

Can Tories fix their young voter problem?

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2023/01/13

Andrea Leadsom, a former Cabinet minister and government adviser on early years, and Next Gen Tories co-founder Matthew McPherson join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty to discuss how reforming expensive childcare is shaping up to be a major political bargaining chip and could be the key to the Tories winning back younger voters at the next election. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver.

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00:47:18

What political drama might 2023 bring?

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2023/01/05

Will last year's political chaos finally let up? Unlikely. PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne are joined by The Sun's Natasha Clarke to discuss the hurdles that could lead to Rishi Sunak's undoing, including Labour's tenacious poll lead, the small boast crisis, soaring cost of living, bickering backbenchers and the ever-present ghost of Boris Johnson. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:59:05

Year in chaos: moments that defined politics in 2022

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2022/12/29

PoliticsHome looks back through a wild year in British politics, from a suitcase of booze in Downing Street and porn in the Commons, to three prime ministers after the fall of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss opened the famous No.10 door for Rishi Sunak. James Heale, diary editor of The Spectator and co-author of Out of the Blue: The Inside Story of the Unexpected Rise and Rapid Fall of Liz Truss, joins PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst, Laura Silver and Eleanor Langford. Presented by Alain Tolhurst,

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00:51:53

Three prime ministers in one year

The Rundown by PoliticsHome ·

2022/12/22

2022 brought us three prime ministers in as many months in a chaotic year for the Conservative party. Joining PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to reflect on the revolving door in Downing Street is Financial Times Whitehall editor Sebastian Payne – author of The Fall of Boris Johnson, The Sun’s political editor Harry Cole – co-author of Out of the Blue: The Inside Story of the Unexpected Rise and Rapid Fall of Liz Truss and The Guardian’s city editor Anna Isaac who broke the story of Rishi Sunak’s

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00:35:59

Can government find “middle way” on nurse pay?

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2022/12/16

Former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland joins PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst and Eleanor Langford to discuss Rishi Sunak’s new plan to tackle the asylum seeker backlog, a host of festive strike action, and whether the Conservatives can heal recent damage. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:29:08

What do MPs do after they quit?

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2022/12/09

Former Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable and The House editor Rosa Prince join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss what politicians leaving parliament can expect in the real world, and why there's "nothing quite as ex as an ex-MP," according to Cable, after a number of high profile MPs have confirmed they won't stand at the next election. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:35:33

Private schools are giving Rishi Sunak a headache

The Rundown by PoliticsHome ·

2022/12/02

Conservative MP and former immigration minister Kevin Foster, Labour’s shadow local government minister Sarah Owen, and Robert Colvile, director of the Centre for Policy Studies think tank and Conservative Party’s 2019 election manifesto co-author, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the latest rows over Levelling Up, housing and private schools.

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00:32:26

Brexit hardliners are coming for Rishi Sunak

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2022/11/24

Former Cabinet minister David Gauke and Professor Anand Menon, director of the UK in a Changing Europe think tank, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty to discuss the Brexit row that's bubbled back to the surface and forced new prime minister Rishi Sunak to defend the government's approach to leaving the EU to a Tory party that remains massively divided on the issue.

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00:32:41

Economic squeeze threatens dire human consequences

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2022/11/18

Labour MP Angela Eagle, the Institute for Government's Olly Bartrum and Onward's Adam Hawksbee join PoliticsHome's Adam Payne to discuss Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, what it will mean for already struggling households, and how it could impact the Conservatives' chances at the next General Election. Presented by Adam Payne, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:32:52

Gavin Williamson tests Rishi Sunak's ethics

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2022/11/10

Former Cabinet minister Chloe Smith joins Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne from PoliticsHome to discuss the fallout from Gavin Williamson’s resignation from government over bullying allegations, what is says about new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s political judgement, and a look ahead to next week’s Autumn Statement. Presented by Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:30:13

Home Office failures risk "whipping up vigilantes"

The Rundown by PoliticsHome ·

2022/11/03

Labour’s shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock, Tory MP and member of the Home Affairs select committee Tim Loughton, and Lucy Moreton, national officer for the Immigration Services Union join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss Home Secretary Suella Braverman's handling of the crisis at Manston asylum centre, and how the Home Office is talking issues around illegal migration. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Ewan Cameron for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:29:37

Rishi Sunak has a political mountain to climb

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2022/10/27

Stephen Crabb, a Conservative former cabinet minister joins PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst, Eleanor Langford and Adam Payne to discuss the UK’s third PM this year. Crabb believes “the right outcome has been achieved” with Sunak's appointment and was relieved when Boris Johnson ruled himself out of the leadership race, after telling the former Prime Minister that “the Conservative Party is not going to wear it” if he returned to No.10 after months of scandal. But the chaos of Liz Truss has left Sunak

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00:32:35

Liz Truss gone, what happens next?

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2022/10/20

Former Downing Street special adviser Jack Sellers and the Institute for Government’s Dr Catherine Haddon join PoliticsHome Political Editor Adam Payne to discuss what happens after the resignation of Liz Truss. How did we get here? And who replaces her? Presented by Adam Payne, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver and Alan White.

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