Politics Weekly UK podcast

Politics Weekly UK

Guardian columnist John Harris, political editor Pippa Crerar, and policy editor Kiran Stacey analyse the week's politics news

Guardian columnist John Harris, political editor Pippa Crerar, and policy editor Kiran Stacey analyse the week's politics news

 

#298

The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one

The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the me... more

13 Dec 2025

36 MINS

36:59

13 Dec 2025


#297

Farage under attack: will it damage Reform UK?

John Harris speaks to Yinka Bankole about his treatment as a nine-year-old at Dulwich coll... more

11 Dec 2025

34 MINS

34:25

11 Dec 2025


#296

Starmer meets Zelenskyy: is a new peace plan possible?

As Keir Starmer hosts Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss... more

08 Dec 2025

24 MINS

24:24

08 Dec 2025


#295

Could Reform UK and the Tories merge?

Nigel Farage was handed a £9m donation this week, amid reports he said elsewhere that a de... more

04 Dec 2025

34 MINS

34:40

04 Dec 2025


#294

Can Keir Starmer save Rachel Reeves?

Pippa and Kiran discuss the prime minister’s speech on Monday and ask whether it will take... more

01 Dec 2025

29 MINS

29:13

01 Dec 2025


#293

The budget: Labour’s big tax and spend gamble

John Harris, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey give their reactions to the chancellor’s autumn... more

26 Nov 2025

28 MINS

28:07

26 Nov 2025


#292

A make-or-break week for the UK government

It is finally budget week, so Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the context of Rachel ... more

24 Nov 2025

27 MINS

27:00

24 Nov 2025


#291

How dangerous are Labour’s asylum plans?

There was outrage from Labour MPs on Monday evening as Shabana Mahmood outlined her plans ... more

19 Nov 2025

31 MINS

31:26

19 Nov 2025


#290

Labour’s risky asylum pitch – podcast

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey look at radical plans from the home secretary, Shabana Mahmo... more

17 Nov 2025

28 MINS

28:34

17 Nov 2025


#289

Why is the Labour party in such a mess?

John Harris is joined by Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey as an attempt to halt leadership ma... more

12 Nov 2025

35 MINS

35:30

12 Nov 2025


#288

Can the BBC survive this crisis?

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the resignations of the BBC’s director general, Tim ... more

10 Nov 2025

26 MINS

26:00

10 Nov 2025


#287

Nicola Sturgeon on leadership, scandal and trolling the trolls

In a special, bonus episode of Politics Weekly, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey sit down wit... more

07 Nov 2025

31 MINS

31:37

07 Nov 2025


#286

The chancellor’s impossible choice: economic necessity or political disaster?

John Harris speaks to the Guardian’s economics editor, Heather Stewart, about the unenviab... more

06 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:04

06 Nov 2025


#285

What does Faragenomics look like?

Nigel Farage promised to set out his fiscal stall in a major speech in the City of London,... more

03 Nov 2025

26 MINS

26:13

03 Nov 2025


#284

‘The centre cannot hold’: John Curtice on the collapse of two-party politics

No one likes being unpopular, so you could forgive both of the UK’s main political parties... more

30 Oct 2025

34 MINS

34:06

30 Oct 2025


#283

Immigration system in crisis: sky-high hotel bills and a convict on the loose

Another week, another immigration crisis. A powerful parliamentary committee has accused t... more

27 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:25

27 Oct 2025


#282

Labour collapse in Caerphilly: the byelection that points to the future of UK politics

Labour’s electoral dominance in Caerphilly, deep in the party’s Welsh heartlands, has coll... more

22 Oct 2025

31 MINS

31:53

22 Oct 2025


#281

The budget, the black hole and the Brexit blame game

Rachel Reeves is facing difficult choices before her second budget next month and has been... more

20 Oct 2025

27 MINS

27:53

20 Oct 2025