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PM’s authority ‘near impossible to recover’, says former govt adviser
We spoke to former government special adviser Salma Shah about how likely it is Boris Johnson will survive the Partygate scandal.


Nationality and borders bill under fire over removal of citizenship without notice
The Nationality and Borders Bill is meeting stiff opposition ahead of its next showing in the House of Lords.


Together Energy becomes the latest UK energy supplier to go out of business
There was new confirmation of the crisis in the energy market with the news today that yet another supplier, Together Energy, has gone out of business.


Heat or eat: Many forced to ration food and heating amid surging energy prices
It really is a case of heating - or eating - for many low income households faced with soaring energy bills set to take up more than half of their income.


Number 10 defends bill to crack down on noisy protests
Number 10 has defended a bill designed to crack down on noisy protests after a series of defeats in the House of Lords.


Covid: 52,000 unvaccinated NHS staff in England at risk of losing jobs
NHS England stands to lose tens of thousands of staff when the deadline for people to be fully vaccinated against Covid is up 1 April.


The PM ‘has to go’, says Labour Party chair
We spoke to the Labour Party chair, Anneliese Dodds, and started by asking whether she believed the prime minister's denials that he misled parliament.


‘The Prime Minister has been clear and consistent’, says Minister of State for Northern Ireland
We spoke to the Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Conor Burns, and began by asking him whether Boris Johnson or Dominic Cummings are telling the truth.


Some Tory MPs ‘itching’ to write letters calling for vote of no confidence in PM
A big question in Westminster today is which Tory MPs are considering sending a letter to the 1922 Committee in order to trigger a vote on Boris Johnson’s leadership of their party.


Nobody told me event was against the rules: Prime Minister responds to Number 10 garden party
“Nobody warned me that it was against the rules.”


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.



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