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    • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
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      What Keir Starmer did at Davos

      Rishi Sunak stayed home as Labour’s leader went to woo the global elite

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      A rumbustious start to 2023

      Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clashed at the beginning of a year that could shape the outcome of the general election

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      2022 year in review

      A turbulent political year in Westminster with scandals, three PMs, economic turmoil and geopolitics to grapple with

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      Sunak versus the strikes

      The PM confronted a growing wave of industrial unrest facing the UK with tough new proposals for anti-strike laws, but will they work?

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      Winter of discontent

      Britain is seeing a swelling wave of industrial action this winter, from nurses to rail workers — will it face a de facto general strike?

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      Sunak’s short honeymoon

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      Farewell Sir Gavin, for the third time

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      35 min listen
      Pressure grows on the home secretary?

      Suella Braverman was under increasing fire this week for her personal conduct with government information and the crisis in handling asylum seekers

    • Saturday, 29 October, 2022
      40 min listen
      Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

      After another turbulent week and the potential return of Boris Johnson, Britain has its first non-white leader and the youngest in modern history

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      38 min listen
      How the stopwatch began on Truss’ time in Downing Street

      Liz Truss’ catastrophic 44 days as prime minister came to a sharp end this week as the Conservative party embarked on yet another leadership contest

    • Friday, 14 October, 2022
      33 min listen
      A new chancellor and another U-turn for Truss

      The PM is forced to sack Kwasi Kwarteng and reverse tax cuts again

    • Saturday, 8 October, 2022
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      Truss vs the ‘anti-growth’ coalition

      The new prime minister endured one of the most traumatic Conservative party conferences in living memory. Can she survive?

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      39 min listen
      Kwasi Kwarteng’s market meltdown

      Liz Truss struggled to defend her government’s economic strategy as she insisted her dash for growth would pay off

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      38 min listen
      The gamble for growth

      How the chancellor took a gigantic political gamble this week when he announced a £45bn tax-cutting package

    • Saturday, 17 September, 2022
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      King Charles III begins his reign

      The new UK monarch addressed parliament and pledged to follow in his mother’s apolitical footsteps

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      Truss’s glide path to Number 10

      The Tory leadership race finished this week, with foreign secretary Liz Truss widely expected to be the next PM

    • Saturday, 27 August, 2022
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      Struggling with the energy crisis

      With energy bills set to soar from October, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak faced mounting questions about how they would help struggling families

    • Saturday, 20 August, 2022
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      Liz Truss pulls even further ahead

      Rishi Sunak is battling on but is the contest to be next PM over for him?

    • Saturday, 13 August, 2022
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      Tory Leadership race: And the heat goes on

      Conservative party leadership rivals argue about how to help the UK's poorest

    • Saturday, 6 August, 2022
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      Liz Truss targets the Treasury

      Rishi Sunak falls further behind in the polls. Will the delay to voting help him gain ground? 

    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
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      Truss pulls ahead

      The Tory leadership debate rumbled on this week, with three more clashes between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak covering pretty familiar ground

    • Saturday, 23 July, 2022
      34 min listen
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    • Saturday, 16 July, 2022
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      The race for next Tory leader and PM

      The race to replace Boris Johnson is well under way, with Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss the top three candidates ahead of the weekend’s televised debates

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