Women are leaving hospitals afraid of hospitals and less likely to want another child

Pod regular Anna McShane says the left must engage in one of the biggest issues facing the human race - declining birth rates and talk about how we support families

War, energy disruption and global instability are pushing up household bills. Yet British politics still avoids an honest conversation about the geopolitical roots of the cost-of-living crisis.

The UK government keeps putting out messages but no one is listening because they are incomprehensible

The Prime Minister's critics say he is too focused on foreign policy. They’re wrong. His real mistake is failing to say plainly that Britain’s cost-of-living…

The UK government keeps putting out messages but no one is listening because they are incomprehensible

Unless we are willing to have no-holds-barred conversations with voters the left on both sides of the Atlantic will not win back trust.

Listen now | Peter Hyman, a former adviser to Tony Blair and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, joins the herd to make the case that the left isn't always right about everything.

The Prime Minister’s trip to Europe today isn’t about reopening old debates. It’s a chance to start a new one - about what real power looks like in a volatile world, and how Britain gets it back.