The Rundown by PoliticsHome

The dial has moved in Scotland

Scotland has a new first minister, and it could be seismic for UK politics overall. Labour MP Ian Murray, shadow Scottish secretary, renowned pollster Sir John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, and the former SNP MP S…

The beginning of the end for Boris Johnson?

Discussing Boris Johnson’s evidence on what he knew about lockdown parties, presented to the Privileges Committee this week, Tory peer and a former deputy mayor under Johnson, Lord Stephen Greenhalgh and the Conservative MP for Buckingham Gr…

Will Hunt's Budget boost growth?

Economic experts including Senior Research Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies Ben Zaranko, Tory MP and chair of the Treasury Select Committee Harriet Baldwin, Conservative Growth Group MP Kevin Foster and Labour's shadow internati…

Northern Ireland needs its government back

Claire Hanna, SDLP MP for Belfast South, and Labour peer Baroness Angela Smith, Shadow Leader in the House of Lords and a party spokesperson on Northern Ireland, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne to discuss whether Rishi Suna…

Is the UK out of step on China?

Conservative MP Mark Logan, vice-chair of the All-Party-Parliamentary-Group on China, and Chris Cash, director of the China Research Group, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Zoe Crowther to discuss the UK’s relation…

Last orders for pubs without Budget boost

Kate Nicholls, CEO of UK Hospitality, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols and Ellie Hudspith from CAMRA join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst at The Feathers pub in Westminster to discuss how to save pubs from the “perfect storm” f…

Can the internet be governed?

Nicky Morgan, Conservative former culture secretary and peer, and Labour’s Lord Wilf Stevenson, a shadow spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport and Dr Michael Veale, Associate Professor of Digital Rights and Regulation at University Colle…

Westminster needs cleaning up, is Sunak up to it?

After a string of high-profile scandals over bullying, harassment and corruption in Westminster, Alain Tolhurst from PoliticsHome is joined by Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union which represents senior civil…

Strikes, scandal, and a shaky start for Sunak

Conservative MP Theresa Villiers, Head of Political and Social Research at polling firm Opinium Adam Drummond and Unite union national lead officer Onay Kasab join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst as the country faces the biggest day of co-ordi…

Dash to scrap EU law will create “horrible mess”

Labour peer and Shadow Cabinet minister Baroness Jenny Chapman and Sir Jonathan Jones KC, the government’s former top lawyer, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne to discuss the implications of the governmen…