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1) Is the NHS sleepwalking into another winter crisis?
As the storms roll in and all memories of summer recede, for the health service this only means one thing; the start of the annual winter pressures faced by the NHS.After record waits in A&E last year...Show More
2) Can the government solve its China problem?
After the collapse of the Chinese spying case, host Alain Tolhurst looks at the state of the Anglo-Sino relationship, how it has evolved over the years, where UK-China relations are now under this cur...Show More
3) Despatch from Manchester and Conservative Party Conference
Something a little bit different again this week, as host Alain Tolhurst and the PolHome team head up to Manchester for the Conservative Party’s annual conference, and return with a despatch from the ...Show More
4) The inside story from Labour Party conference
This week's episode is a little different, as listeners are taken deep within Labour’s annual party conference, giving you the inside track on how things unfolded in Liverpool over the past few days, ...Show More
5) Lib Dem conference lowdown
This week the focus is on the Liberal Democrats after the party held their annual conference in Bournemouth.Which despite still giving off a celebratory mood at becoming the third-largest party in the...Show More
6) Unmasking the 'dark arts' of political whipping
This week the so-called ‘dark arts’ of politics are being demystified, with a look inside the system known as whipping, where MPs are corralled by fair means or foul into voting with their party’s lea...Show More
7) Is Keir committed to cleaning up politics?
This week is a look under the bonnet of British politics, and shining a light into the dark corners of how Westminster’s finances operates, and seeing if the endless pledges to close loopholes and tig...Show More
8) Labour's Autumn of discontent
As MPs returned to Westminster after the summer recess, this week we’re looking ahead to a crucial autumn for this government, packed full of potential pitfalls as they hope year two in office is an u...Show More
9) Helen Miller on Labour's economic record
This week is the sixth and final episode in our series over Parliament’s summer recess, speaking to experts and looking at how Labour have performed in their first year in office in some of the big po...Show More
10) Paul Nowak on Labour's workers' rights record
In the latest episode in a series over Parliament’s summer recess, speaking to experts looking at how Labour have performed in their first year in office, this week the focus is on the world of work, ...Show More