Commons People

By: HuffPost UK
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  • Each week, the HuffPost UK Politics team unpack the biggest stories from Westminster and beyond.

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Episodes
  • Baroness Angela Smith...On Tory Tax Bombshells And Labour's Future
    Sep 10 2021

    Boris Johnson has taken the biggest gamble of his premiership with a National Insurance hike to fund the NHS and social care.


    Labour's leader in the Lords Angela Smith joins Ned Simons, Sophia Sleigh and Paul Waugh to chat through Tory tax rises and where Labour's at ahead of its party conference


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    34 mins
  • Yvette Cooper On The Art Of Govt And Opposition
    Jul 23 2021

    As MPs head off to their constituencies, rising Covid cases and Channel crossings of asylum seekers are ensuring Boris Johnson cannot put his feet up.


    Home Affairs Committee chair Yvette Cooper joins Ned Simons and Paul Waugh to chat through her joust with the Priti Patel this week, as well as the wider problems facing both the government and Labour this summer.


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    35 mins
  • Sunak's Overseas Aid Ambush: With Andrew Mitchell
    Jul 16 2021

    The chancellor's late, late move to outflank Tory rebels on international aid cuts won the day, despite MPs voting against the three line whip. But is the rebellion over and will Rishi Sunak and his party rue the damage caused to their brand?


    Ned Simons and Paul Waugh are joined by former international development secretary (and former chief whip) Andrew Mitchell.


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    30 mins

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