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The Week in Westminster

The Week in Westminster

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

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The Week in Westminster - 29/10/2022

29/10/2022

The Week in Westminster

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10/29/22 • 28 min

Isabel Hardman from The Spectator reviews a dramatic week in Westminster following Rishi Sunak's arrival in Downing Street. The former Conservative Cabinet minister Greg Clark discusses the Prime Minister's first few days in office with the Shadow Leader of the House Thangam Debbonaire. As Northern Ireland prepares for new elections to Stormont, the former DUP leader in Westminster Lord Dodds explains why his party refused to share power with Sinn Fein. Also in this week's programme, the SNP's Brendan O’Hara and Conservative MP and former Cabinet minister Theresa Villiers debate legislation to remove the legal status of all retained EU law by 2023. Not since the early 1980s have three former prime ministers sat in the House of Commons. The veteran documentary-maker Michael Cockerell, who interviewed Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Edward Heath, joins Catherine Haddon from the Institute of Government to reflect on whether Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's presence on the backbenches will be a help or hindrance to Rishi Sunak. Editor: Peter Snowdon
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The Week in Westminster - 23/10/2021

23/10/2021

The Week in Westminster

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10/23/21 • 27 min

Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster
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The Week in Westminster - 05/11/2022

05/11/2022

The Week in Westminster

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11/05/22 • 28 min

Top commentators review the political week, presented by political editor of The Guardian, Pippa Crerar. With guests Dame Diana Johnson MP, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee; Sir John Hayes MP; Alok Sharma MP, outgoing COP president; Daniel Greenberg, incoming parliamentary commissioner for standards; Matthew Parris, columnist for The Times; and Susie Boniface, columnist for the Daily Mirror.
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The Week in Westminster - 12/11/2022

12/11/2022

The Week in Westminster

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11/12/22 • 28 min

Ben Riley-Smith from The Telegraph reviews the week in Westminster including an interview about the state of the economy with former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. Former Work and Pensions secretary, Chloe Smith MP debates whether the pensions triple lock should be retained with Rachel Cunliffe from the New Statesman and whether the system is fair across the generations. Also in this week's programme, statistician Georgina Sturge who works in the House of Commons library discusses the use of data in politics with the SNP's Carol Monaghan MP, a former physics and maths teacher. And Conservative backbencher, Tim Loughton MP joins the deputy editor of ConservativeHome, Henry Hill to reflect on the state of the Conservative party two weeks into Rishi Sunak's premiership, including their thoughts on the resignation of Sir Gavin Williamson this week.
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The Week in Westminster - 09/03/2024

09/03/2024

The Week in Westminster

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03/09/24 • 27 min

Pippa Crerar, political editor at The Guardian, dicusses the Budget with Dame Angela Eagle, Labour MP on the treasury Select Committee and Stephen Hammond, Conservative MP on the treasury Select Committee.

She then discusses the Rwanda legislation in the House of Lords with Baroness Shami Chakrabarti and Baroness Catherine Meyer.

There's an interview with Mark Drakeford, first minister of Wales who will step down later this month.

Plus, what if the US and UK election campaigns coincide? With Lord Kim Darroch, former UK ambassador to USA and Lord Daniel Finkelstein, former national security adviser.

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The Week in Westminster - 23/04/2022

23/04/2022

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04/23/22 • 28 min

Sebastian Payne of the Financial Times is joined by the chair of the Privileges Committee, Chris Bryant MP and cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg MP to discuss the partygate scandal The government's plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda is debated by former shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott MP and Nick Timothy, who was the chief of staff to Theresa May when she was prime minister and also worked with her in the Home Office. Conservative peer and former chief of staff to Boris Johnson, Edward Lister and shadow International Development minister Preet Kaur Gill MP assess the Prme Minister's trip to India. And former Liberal Democrat leader and Lake District MP, Tim Farron discusses how to tackle sewage in Britain's rivers, lakes and seas with Jo Bradley from Stormwater Shepherds, a not-for-profit initiative targeting pollution in water environments.
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The Week in Westminster - 05/03/2022

05/03/2022

The Week in Westminster

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03/05/22 • 28 min

Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster
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The Week in Westminster - 22/10/2022

22/10/2022

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10/22/22 • 27 min

Ben Wright and guests reflect on a dramatic week in Westminster following Liz Truss's announcement that she will resign as prime minister. The panel includes the political editor of the Financial Times George Parker, Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley and Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff.
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The Week in Westminster - 01/07/2023

01/07/2023

The Week in Westminster

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07/01/23 • 28 min

As the Government unveils its long-awaited NHS workforce plan George Parker of The Financial Times is joined by the chairman of the Health Select Committee, Steve Brine MP, and Labour peer and former NHS clinician, Robert Winston. After the Court of Appeal ruled that the Government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, George speaks to Conservative MP Sally-Ann Hart, who represents the south coast seat of Hastings and Rye, and Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti, the former director of the human rights group Liberty. The Conservative peer Andrew Tyrie, who formerly led the Competition and Markets Authority, discusses whether industry regulators are up to the job after the Chancellor met various regulators this week to discuss the cost of living crisis. And, following reports that many Conservative MPs are absent from Westminster as they try to defend marginal seats and campaign in the upcoming by-elections, Conservative MP Lucy Allan and former Conservative strategist Andrew Cooper, now a non-affiliated peer, discuss Tory chances at the next general election.
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The Week in Westminster - 24/07/2021

24/07/2021

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07/24/21 • 27 min

Steve Richards looks back at the political year with Fraser Nelson of The Spectator, Pippa Crerar of The Daily Mirror and George Parker of The Financial Times.
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FAQ

How many episodes does The Week in Westminster have?

The Week in Westminster currently has 149 episodes available.

What topics does The Week in Westminster cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Government.

What is the most popular episode on The Week in Westminster?

The episode title '19/09/2020' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Week in Westminster?

The average episode length on The Week in Westminster is 28 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Week in Westminster released?

Episodes of The Week in Westminster are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of The Week in Westminster?

The first episode of The Week in Westminster was released on Sep 12, 2020.

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