The Week in Westminster

Weekly analysis of political developments at Westminster AI summary

BBC Radio 4 Visit website › Government · EN · 4 episodes · latest 2026-11-07

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Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

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  1. 07/11/2026

    2026-11-07 · 28 min

    After the Prime Minister opened the door to a formal apology for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, Caroline speaks to Labour MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan Reparations, Bell…

  2. 31/10/2026

    2026-10-31 · 28 min

    George discusses Chancellor John Healey's first Budget with Sir Mel Stride, who served as Shadow Chancellor until just a few months ago and is a former Work and Pensions Secretary and the former Labour government…

  3. 24/10/2026

    2026-10-24 · 28 min

    This week the government gave the go-ahead for developing Jackdaw, the North Sea gas field. To discuss this approval, Sonia is joined by Torcuil Crichton, Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, and Green MP Ellie Chowns,…

  4. 17/10/2026

    2026-10-17 · 28 min

    Isabel debates the upcoming Budget with the chair of the Treasury Select Committee, Labour's Dame Meg Hillier and the former Conservative Treasury minister Dame Harriett Baldwin. Two veterans of previous attempts to…

  5. 12/09/2026

    2026-09-12 · 28 min

    Caroline Wheeler discusses the defeat of the Assisted Dying Bill, in the House of Commons, with the former Cabinet Minister and supporter of the Bill Liz Kendall.This week the Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband set out the…

  6. 05/09/2026

    2026-09-05 · 28 min

    George discusses Andy Burnham's first week at Westminster as prime minister with former Home Secretary and Labour peer, David Blunkett and the political editor of The New Statesman, Ailbhe Rea. Reform UK's conference…

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10/2026
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