Westminster Hour
BBC Radio 4 Visit website › Government · EN · 4 episodes · latest 2026-11-08
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Latest episodes
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Ben Wright's guests are the Labour MP David Pinto-Duschinsky, Conservative peer Tina Stowell and foreign policy expert Sophia Gaston. They discuss the details emerging of the government's reset of relations with the EU…
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Ben Wright is joined by Labour MP and chair of the Treasury Select Committee, Dame Meg Hillier; Conservative peer and former Cabinet minister, Mark Harper; and the Liberal Democrat frontbencher Bobby Dean. They discuss…
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Ben Wright's guests are the Labour MP Catherine West, Conservative former Cabinet minister Sir John Whittingdale, and Hannah Peaker - deputy chief exectuive of the New Economics Foundation. They discuss Catherine's role…
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The long-awaited decision on North Sea drilling approaches, should the UK put tariffs on Chinese electric cars, and how can our politicians plan better for the future?
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Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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Ben Wright is at the Conservative Party conference with Tory deputy leader, Alex Burghart, polling expert Scarlett Maguire and Lucy Fisher - Whitehall editor of the Financial Times. They discuss Kemi Badenoch's…
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Ben Wright broadcasts from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool with guests including the Cabinet minister and Leader of the House of Lords, Angela Smith; Professor of Politics at Liverpool University, Jon Tonge;…
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Ben Wright is joined by the Labour MP and new Chair of the Justice Select Committee, Catherine Atkinson; Conservative health spokesman Neil Shastri-Hurst; and the Liberal Democrats' foreign affairs spokesperson, Calum…
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Ben Wright is joined by Labour MP Zubir Ahmed, Conservative frontbencher Mims Davies and the education specialist and online commentator, Sam Freedman. They discuss the latest developments over political funding -…
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Ben Wright's guests are the Labour MP Emily Darlington; Conservative peer and former government insider, Kate Fall; and Alex Wilson - member of the Greater London Assembly for Reform UK. They discuss efforts to…
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- Owner
- BBC
- Oldest episode in feed
- 10/2026
- Typical length
- 49 min
- Format
- Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
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