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Specialist palliative care teams ‘help drive up standards’ of care, says crossbench peer
We were joined by Baroness Finlay, a crossbench member of the House of Lords, who is also a medical doctor and professor of palliative medicine.


Excess deaths at home during pandemic likely to reach 100,000, says Hospice UK
The charity Hospice UK has collated figures for the number of people dying in private homes, which they say will reach 100,000 more deaths than you would expect, compared to the five-year average before the pandemic. 


​​The UK life of the Texas synagogue terrorist
The FBI is working with UK counter terror police after a British man flew to the US, bought a gun and held several people hostage in a synagogue.


BBC licence fee ‘very hard to sustain’ long term, says former culture secretary
We spoke to former culture secretary John Whittingdale, and began by asking him whether this announcement on the BBC was just the centrepiece of ‘Operation Save Big Dog’ or ‘Operation Red Meat’.


‘Operation Red Meat’: Will populist policies help PM after Partygate?
‘Operation Red Meat’, part of ‘Operation Save Big Dog’, was launched in Westminster today.


Duke of York’s legal team accused of ‘victim blaming’ by women’s safety groups
Womens safety groups have accused the Duke of York's legal team of "victim blaming" after reports that they plan to question whether the woman who's accused him of sexual assault had "false memories". 


Nadine Dorries plan to freeze BBC licence fee is a ‘perfectly legitimate debate to be had’, says former culture minister
Joining me now is the former Culture minister Lord Vaizey, who's now a member of the Communications and Digital Committee in the House of Lords.


Conservative Party chairman admits ‘failings’ at 10 Downing Street
The Conservative Party chairman has admitted there were "failings" at 10 Downing Street, claiming that Boris Johnson would seek to "address the underlying culture" that led to the partygate scandal. 


DJ Majestic’s mental health campaign calls for men to share their stories
DJ Majestic began his career as an MC in North London and has turned himself into one of the best known names on the music scene.


Covid cases in parts of the UK hit plateau as Europe cases soar
Covid cases in parts of the UK appear to be plateauing, according to a senior Government health adviser with infections falling in London, the southeast and Eastern England - while the number of new daily cases reported in the UK fell again to just u...


“Huge support” for the Prime Minister on the doorstep, Peter Bone MP says
Until a general election the people who would or could decide the fate of the prime minister are of course Tory MPs. 


‘He is the man at the top, it really does rest with him’, Former Home Office Special Adviser
I spoke to Claire Pearsall, a former special adviser at the Home Office - who's now a conservative councillor in Kent. 


Operation Save Big Dog: A government engulfed by rage and ridicule, so what now for No. 10?
Every day brings new reports of more revelry in the building that ordered the rest of us not to socialise. 


‘Culture of partying’ during lockdown in No 10, says Daily Mirror’s Pippa Crerar
Downing Street has issued an unprecedented apology to Buckingham Palace over the two parties staff held on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral during last year's lockdown. 


‘No-one really seems to care’ – campaigner Rhiannon Davies on her battle to improve maternity services
We spoke to Rhiannon Davies, whose daughter Kate Stanton-Davies died a few hours after she was born 13 years ago. 



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