The New Statesman Podcast

Is the NHS stuck on life support?

This discussion was recorded at the Cambridge Literary Festival in November 2023. Anoosh...

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Rushed and panicked: A week inside Tory migration plans

This week it seems that the government have been doing anything and everything to tackle the high...

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"B*llocks": Boris Johnson at the Covid inquiry

Boris Johnson appeared "diminished" at the Covid inquiry - and still couldn't quite apologise...

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Is British democracy under threat? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined

Is democracy slipping away from us? How protected are we by our constitution? And do governments...

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The housing crash is just beginning

Housing in the UK has become increasingly unaffordable during the last two decades, buying a home...

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The most misleading phrases in political journalism | You Ask Us

Andrew Marr joins the team in the studio this week to answer listener questions. John writes...

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Tories shaken by record high migration

Andrew Marr, political editor at the New Statesman, speaks to Freddie Hayward, political...

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Can older workers fix the economy? With Phoenix Group | Sponsored

 Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, nearly a million people aged 50-64 have left the...

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How do Gen Z want to vote? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined

The writer, satirist and broadcaster Armando Iannucci returns to the New Statesman Podcast to...

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100 years of British political nightmares

How did the Great Depression’s spectres of fascism, bombing and mass unemployment force...

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Are we poorer than we were in 2010? | You Ask Us

"The economy will play a central part of next year's election. Do you know if people are better...

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Autumn Statement: "A whacking great return to austerity"

Jeremy Hunt would like this Autumn Statement to be seen as what the government is branding “the...

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Is Britain really great? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined

The writer, satirist and broadcaster Armando Iannucci returns to the New Statesman Podcast to...

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Iran's interest in Israel, with former ambassador John Jenkins

Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah – all of whom operate out of Beirut’s southern suburbs – have...

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You Ask Us: How is a foreign secretary's success judged? Will Labour reform the Lords?

At the Home Office you have immigration figures, as health secretary there are NHS waiting lists....

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Rwanda, resignations, and a rancorous letter

The government's Rwanda plan has been put on hold, yet again, after being ruled illegal earlier...

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Reshuffle special: (Lord) Cameron returns

Suella Braverman is out of government... and a shock appointment rocks Westminster. Anoosh...

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The great private school con | Audio Long Reads

They no longer have a stranglehold on Oxbridge and would lose tax breaks under Labour. So what is...

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You Ask Us: Why is Westminster full of misconduct claims?

In the week the Tory peer Michelle Mone has finally admitted involvement in a PPE firm awarded...

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A very thin King's Speech

Amid much pomp and circumstance, this week King Charles III delivered the first King's Speech in...

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