Why has the US entered Israel's war with Iran? Is this just the beginning of the conflict? What does this all mean for the world? Join Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell for an emergency livestream a...

Are we heading for all-out war between the US, Netanyahu and the Iranian regime? Is the West betraying international law in its support of Israel’s pre-emptive strikes on Iran? Why did Starmer u-turn ...

How did Ed Miliband recover from Labour’s 2015 defeat and decide to remain in politics? Can the Energy Secretary win the argument for Net Zero against the likes of Tony Blair and Nigel Farage? Is it p...

How did Ed Miliband’s childhood being raised by survivors of the Holocaust shape his politics? How did his role mediating between Blair and Brown earn Ed the moniker ‘Emissary from planet F***’? What ...

Is Labour exaggerating the threat from Russia and missing the real risks? Does the world beyond the West now prefer China over the US? What does Poland’s new pro-Trump president mean for Ukraine and E...

What was the most significant event of geopolitics in the last 30 years? Are Dominic Cummings’ comments about the “broken” Westminster model valid? And, should politicians be clued up on popular cultu...

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Should Labour boot Tony Blair over his attack on the government’s climate policy? Why is the U.S. defending Germany’s AfD? Are Britain’s towns and cities more politically split than ever? Join Rory an...

How many people are going to die as a result of American support for USAID programs being removed? What are the limits of thinking of AI as the silver bullet for healthcare? How do we bring the doubli...

Does Trump want to turn America into China? How come politicians – including those on the right – want to nationalise steel in the UK? Are we witnessing a seismic change in German politics? The Rest I...

Why were two Labour MPs denied entry to Israel? What led to the impeachment of South Korea’s president? Is there a decline in blue-collar MPs? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all of these questi...

Analysis suggests prioritising projects that give quick local results may hold back support for populism Areas that received money from the last government’s much-criticised levelling up fund tended to have lower votes for Reform UK in the general election, a study has found, indicating that projects delivering quick results may hold back support for populism. The study by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) thinktank, billed as the first to examine a mass of data factors linked to support for Reform at the level of individual seats, identified a series of factors likely to make voters more likely to back Nigel Farage’s party. Continue reading...

Excalibur Healthcare, which supplied the UK Government with tens of millions of pounds worth of unusable PPE, ultimately folded owing taxpayers £22 million

Why do the wrong people become MPs? How can we transform Westminster into a modern day workplace? How did Simon Hart’s time at The Countryside Alliance inform his politics?  Rory and Alastair are join...

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How should Starmer respond to the 27% of young people who would prefer to live in a dictatorship? Could India become a third power, rivalling the US and China? And, why do politicians never explain wh...

Experts say planned cuts will deliver series of ‘painful income shocks’ for many

On 1 May, across England, more than 1,600 council seats will be up for re-election, alongside six mayors. The Conservative Party is facing being squeezed by the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK and local ...

How likely is an all-out win for Putin? What do Saudi Arabia and UAE think about Trump? What is behind the protests in Serbia? Join Alastair and Rory as they answer all of this and more. The Rest Is P...

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Influential Labour figure says cuts ‘not a Labour thing to do’, while George Osborne says when chancellor he resisted move as ‘step too far’ The former shadow chancellor Ed Balls has criticised plans for cuts to disability benefits, saying on his podcast…

What’s going on inside Reform UK? Should Europe expel Hungary from the EU? Is there anything socialist left about Labour? Join Alastair and Rory as they answer all of this and more. The Rest Is Politi...

The controversy over the pulling of the ‘How to Survive a Warzone’ documentary is a distraction from a much bigger problem my old employer has with impartiality, writes Karishma Patel

Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 13/03/2025 · 28m

Nigel Farage’s team is down to four MPs, with the suspended Rupert Lowe denouncing it as a “protest party led by the messiah”. Let’s not waste time wondering who’s wrong and who’s right, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

PM expected to announce billions in savings from the personal independence payment, the main disability benefit Britain’s benefits system is the “worst of all worlds”, with the numbers out of work or training “indefensible and unfair,” the prime minister…

Share prices have tumbled again in the United States, with financial markets increasingly nervous about the impact of the US President's tariff threats.

As Donald Trump took the oath of office on Jan. 20, he was flanked by some of the world’s wealthiest people. The billionaires present that day — including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg — h...

Letters: Sadiq Khan should be congratulated for expanding the Ulez scheme despite criticism from Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner, says Peter Walker. Plus a letter from Dr Robin Russell-Jones

But Friedrich Merz cautions such a move could not replace the US’s existing protective shield over Europe Germany’s chancellor-to-be, Friedrich Merz, has said he will reach out to France and Britain to discuss the sharing of nuclear weapons, but…

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

The row at the top of the Reform party has intensified - after Nigel Farage and suspended MP Rupert Lowe launched more attacks against each other.