23/10/2021

10/23/21 • 27 min

The Week in Westminster

Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster

Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster

Previous Episode

25/09/2021

Former UK Ambassador to the US Lord Kim Darroch and the former US Ambassador to the UK Matthew Barzun reflect on the Prime Minister's trip to America and UK-US relations. Conservative peer and co-architect of Universal Credit, Baroness Philippa Stroud, discusses why the increase given to recipients during the pandemic needs to remain. Ahead of the Labour Party conference, Labour MP Dame Margaret Beckett and Simon Fletcher, former adviser to both Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer, discuss the challenges facing the Labour leader. Former permanent secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union Philip Rycroft and Seb Payne, Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times, discuss the new Levelling Up Department.

Next Episode

30/10/2021

MPs packed the benches in Westminster this week as Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his Budget and Spending Review. Anne McElvoy and guests discuss the outlook for the UK economy and the politics behind Mr Sunak's big decisions. We hear why some millionaires are clamouring to pay more tax. On the eve of the COP 26 summit in Glasgow, how do voters view the climate emergency and are they ready to change their behaviour to meet tough net zero emissions targets? And - socks and sliders, dogs on sofas - we discuss the power of a picture for up and coming politicians.