Our listeners ask: Can we really argue that Keir Starmer has a plan after yet another disaster over the welfare reform bill?

Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Tom McTague and Rachel Cunliffe. This episode was recorded before MP Zarah Sultana announced she is launching a new political party with Jeremy Corbyn.

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'We've not been here since the 70s'

As the government marks one year in office, Anoosh Chakelian sits down with Andrew Marr, Tom McTague and Rachel Cunliffe to discuss Keir Starmer's highs, lows and the many, many challenges that lie ahead.

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We must prepare for Prime Minister Farage - Andrew Marr

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'You walk around the country and you know something's off'

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After a bruising passage of the government's heavily altered welfare reform bill, for the sake of just a few billion pounds, many are left wondering where does the government and the country go now?

In this episode, Anoosh Chakelian is joined by colleagues Tom McTague, Will Dunn and Megan Kenyon to discuss the urgent yet seemingly intractable systemic changes now needed to the State and tax system.

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Just raise tax - Will Dunn

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Welfare warfare just the start of Starmer's problems

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With yet another U-turn from the government, the fate of the welfare bill is left in the hands of the backbenchers.

In this episode, Rachel Cunliffe is joined by Editor-in-Chief Tom McTague and business editor Will Dunn to discuss the potential consequences of defeat in Tuesday night's vote, Rachel Reeves‘ precarious position and how we got here in the first place.

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A humbling week for Keir Starmer - Andrew Marr

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“Sack Rachel Reeves” demand Labour MPs over welfare reforms

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Was Margaret Thatcher really some 'evil dictator' who's legacy still looms large over Britain? Or was she something else entirely?

Broadcaster and author Iain Dale talks to Rachel Cunliffe about his new book, Margaret Thatcher, and why he wanted to dispel some of the myths and mistruths about the Iron Lady.

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Inside the false economy of Rachel Reeves’ welfare cuts - Anoosh Chakelian

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Too many people in the UK are stuck anxiously waiting up to a year for a dementia diagnosis — and even longer in more deprived areas. In this episode, we explore why early and accurate diagnosis matters, and what must change to fix the system.

Host Sarah Dawood is joined by Samantha Benham-Hermetz, Executive Director at Alzheimer’s Research UK; Chris Bane, Alzheimer’s Research UK supporter; and Professor Vanessa Raymont, Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford.

Our panel discusses the urgent need for early and accurate dementia diagnosis, the impact of delayed diagnosis and the potential for new technologies, such as blood tests, to revolutionise the diagnosis pathway.

They also explore the challenges facing the UK’s memory services, new treatments becoming available and how the government’s 10-Year Health Plan could reshape the future of dementia diagnosis so nobody faces dementia unseen.

This New Statesman podcast episode is sponsored by Alzheimer’s Research UK.

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Our listeners ask: How long will the government continue to support Israel after its actions in Gaza?

Also in the show, one listener asks why longstanding issues like council tax reform are perennially ignored, another whether there could ever be a true 'red tory' faction in the Conservative party.

Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Tom McTague and Rachel Cunliffe.

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