Will Trump face criminal charges over the Capitol riots?
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly two years on from the January sixth riots, a cross-party committee is uncompromising in its f...
Does Suella's Rwanda dream live on?
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the UK High Court ruled that the UK's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful. Don't ...
Inside the final days of Liz Truss
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Truss' leadership was marred by chaos. Now, Asa Bennett, her speechwriter is in News Agents HQ, ...
Striking nurses. Squabbling royals.
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are striking for the first time in over a century....
The truth about Channel deaths
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Four people, at least, died this morning, after their dinghy capsized in the freezing waters of the ...
Why is the Government making it harder for you to vote?
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At the next election we will all be expected to show voter ID. Which is fine if you have a passport ...
Is the NHS beyond saving?
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The funding model of the NHS has always seemed sacrosanct, untouchable. We boast about having the fi...
How much worse will strikes get?
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lewis heads to the scene of a raucous picket line to speak to CWU union members on strike. But how m...
Joe Lycett on Beckham, Bake Off and 'being right-wing'
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Joe Lycett joins Emily and Jon in News Agents HQ. He tells us why being so angry with the g...
The far right plot to overthrow Germany
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Overnight in Germany three thousand police have made two dozen arrests after uncovering a far right ...
Missing millions and Michelle Mone
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Tory Peer Michelle Mone is to take a leave of absence from the House of Lords to 'clear her name...
Is the House of Lords indefensible?
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode we launch the Christmas Countdown - our (and your) favourite soundbites of polit...
The cryptocurrency con
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You're 30 years old, worth billions as a result of a crypto exchange you've set up - and in the spac...
Why is Trump hanging out with racists (again)?
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is insisting he was set up by Kanye (Ye) West over that dinner party he accidentally ho...
Should private schools get tax breaks?
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Keir Starmer wants private schools to pay more tax. He's also talking about removing their chari...
Quitters not Fighters? - The Tory MPs fleeing Parliament
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
12 Tory MPs have already announced they're standing down at the next election. That includes some yo...
Tony Blair on Qatar, Starmer and kissing Tories
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Tony Blair speaks exclusively with The News Agents. He has words that may surprise Matt Hancock ...
Living in a house that might kill you
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are thousands of homes in Britain not fit for purpose with people living in neglected and dang...
Jeremy Clarkson: The bird flu crisis and why food prices must rise
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bird Flu is bringing Britain's farmers to their knees. The disease has killed nearly a hundred milli...
Is Scotland free to leave the UK?
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court has ruled against the Scottish Parliament holding a new independence referendum wi...
NDAs, the Power to Silence and Dominic Raab
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dominic Raab is facing renewed allegations of bullying behaviour. In this episode we turn the clock ...
Will Qatar regret hosting the World Cup?
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Qatar has gone from being a quietly successful, enormously rich, largely anonymous speck on the worl...
Why Britain is so much poorer than you think
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Poverty in Britain is bad and it’s getting worse. And yet, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out plan...
Recession.
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The highest tax burden in decades. The biggest drop in living standards on record. The UK and its ec...
Piers Morgan on Ronaldo and the return of Trump
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is running for president again... to the surprise of no one. Not even the legion adviso...
Is Westminster full of bullies?
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A second minister in two weeks faces serious allegations of bullying. Are our corridors of power a b...
Football's Staying Home: David Baddiel on Qatar
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Joe Lycett is offering ten thousand pounds to an LGBTQ+ charity if David Beckham pulls out ...
The Renting Crisis: why is it so bad?
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We often hear about mortgage rates going up, but perhaps not enough scrutiny is paid on the private ...
The Crown - fact or fiction?
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Major TV series The Crown is back - series five - and it deals with one of the most painful and excr...
US Midterms: Has Donald been Trumped?
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've been up all night waiting for the US midterm election results to come through so you could wak...
Peerages for pals: The Boris Resignation Honours List.
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's hard to imagine leaving a job in disrepute but then giving 20 of your mates a top honour that a...
Does Extreme Protest Work - Just Stop Oil? Or Just Stop?
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Liz Truss was looking to galvanise not just the Tory party but the nation in her conference spe...
What is Elon Musk doing at Twitter?
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk has begun laying off staff at Twitter, a week after taking sole control of the company. He...
Is American democracy on the line? A mid-terms preview
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In less than a week America will head to the polls for the midterms - the first national elections o...
How Israel's Far Right brought Bibi Netanyahu back
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we record today's episode, Benjamin Netanyahu - currrently on trial for corruption charges - is...
Immigration: what's going wrong?
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So much heat surrounds the issue of immigration. And the person in charge of decision making is Home...
Gary Lineker speaks his mind on Qatar
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Lineker tells us about the burger he shared with David Beckham in a hotel bar in Zurich the nig...
What's the cost of political chaos?
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After weeks of political chaos, the real cost of the crisis is beginning to reveal itself. Lewis is ...
How damaging is Brexit?
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve had the Brexit Opportunities Minister and the Brexit Benefits Department but weirdly - we st...
"Leaky Sue"
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Lib Dems have called for an investigation into why Suella Braverman is back in her role as home ...
RISHUFFLE
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Truss and her podium left Downing Street around ten thirty this morning, with a brief nod to bra...
Another new PM, Rishi Sunak
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At 1.57pm this afternoon, Penny Mordaunt's team were still insisting she would make it through to th...
Boris Johnson pulls out
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The News Agents convene for a special Sunday night episode. Jon, Emily and Lewis talk through the bi...
Boris Johnson: Our Next Prime Minister?
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the week to end all weeks, we've lurched from the shortest prime ministerial era *ever* to the po...
TRUSS QUITS. Now what?
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A day after announcing that she was a 'fighter, not a quitter', Prime Minister Liz Truss quits. A di...
EMERGENCY POD: "A shambles, and a disgrace"
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Home Secretary Suella Braverman resigned, the Prime Minister appointed one of her fiercest cri...
The Liz and Suella Show
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We were about to publish this episode... and then the Home Secretary resigned. It came amidst a back...
Is 'sorry' enough to save the PM?
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After yesterday's stunning economic U-turn, today was a day where it was eerily quiet... almost too ...
'The Lady's not for turning up'
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today saw one of the biggest political U-turns in the UK for decades. The new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt...
What is the point of Liz Truss now?
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Truss has sacked her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, and u-turned on her corporation tax cut. But wit...
Dear oh dear
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's so bad for our prime minister that even the King seemed to express dismay when he was caught on...
Just don't call it a U-turn
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
More government U-turns, gossip from an Anti Growth Coalition drinks party, and a PMQs debrief. Ian ...
"Dark arts" at the Daily Mail?
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Daily Mail Group - Associated Newspapers - has been accused of 'abhorrent criminal activity' by ...
Putin's Revenge
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kyiv awoke to bombs, explosion and the sour smell of retaliation. Putin had spent his 70th birthday ...
Will the lights go out on us and Truss?
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The National Grid has warned that British households could face power blackouts this winter, if the ...
Suella has a dream
06 Oct 2022
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman has given us her 'I have a dream speech'. She got misty eyed as she ...
Truss does Trump
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prime minister Liz Truss closed her conference with a speech about things she hated. These included ...
Ten days to save Liz Truss
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A senior Conservative MP has told The News Agents Liz Truss is facing a critical moment and may have...
The Lady IS for Turning
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Somewhere between the hours of 10pm and midnight, on the opening day of the Conservative conference,...
Is Liz Truss doomed?
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a chaotic week in British politics. The slide of sterling, Bank of England interventions...
Radio Gaga
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The prime minister crashes the airwaves after crashing the economy. We take stock of how bad this mo...
IMF, BoE, wtf?
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Make no mistake - the UK economy is crumbling. And this is not at the hands of a crisis beyond these...
Our Next Prime Minister?
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer has just made his bid to be the next UK prime minister - against a backdrop of severe e...
Blackish Monday
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's a blustery day in Liverpool and the Labour Party, hosting their conference here, is hoping that...
The Kwasi budget: Have we all just got poorer?
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kwasi Kwarteng announced a not-so-mini budget today, his first as chancellor. In it, he laid out the...
Why are rich Russians 'falling out' of windows?
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen". Emily, Jon an...
Angela Rayner on Starmer, strikes and succession
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A big day for the UK, at home and abroad and Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner joins us in The News...
Peter Mandelson on Truss, Starmer and oligarchs
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hours before meeting Liz Truss, Biden tweets that he’s “sick and tired of trickle down economics...
Monarchic, Anarchic, Republican or Unmoved?
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have the monarchy and the media got this last week right? And how are we all left feeling now, a wee...
Should bankers get unlimited bonuses?
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is it a good idea to end the cap on bankers' bonuses? The new chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng seems to thi...
Abortion in America
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have the Republicans scored a massive own goal in their attempts to limit women's rights to abortion...
Police, Power and Protest
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The police have been cracking down on anti-monarchists protesting across the UK. Why? And what does ...
Is Ukraine winning?
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is Ukraine about to win a war no-one thought they could? And, consequently, are Vladimir Putin's day...
The King’s Challenge
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time in over 70 years, the United Kingdom's head of state is a King, not a Queen. Char...
The End of an Era
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We reflect on Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and discuss King Charles III’s accession to the throne....
The Queen
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Queen is under close medical attention and with family in Balmoral. We're joined by Andrew Marr,...
Truss v Starmer: the first showdown
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Truss faces Keir Starmer in Parliament for the first time, and there’s a notable shift in tone...
Liz Truss in Downing Street
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A drought ends in a downpour, and Prime Minister Truss emerges outside Number 10 to deliver a dry ec...
Can Liz Truss keep the country warm?
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Truss becomes UK Prime Minister with just 81,326 votes of Conservative party members. Has any le...
The Energy Crisis: Who's to blame?
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has plunged millions into a profound energy crisis. But Russia's war wa...
The Tories - Live at Wembley
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the final showdown between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. We’re back stage at Wembley for the f...
Our next PM’s nightmare inheritance
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak cross the Downing Street threshold, Britain’s most senior civil serv...
Trump: Prison or President?
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is being investigated by the FBI over a cache of secret documents he squirrelled away a...
The Emily Maitlis MacTaggart Lecture
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re launching for real on Tuesday 30th, but for now listen to Emily’s keynote lecture at the E...
Introducing...The News Agents
22 Aug 2022
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A sneak peek of what's to come on The News Agents. See you next Tuesday!
The News Agents - The Trailer
22 Aug 2022
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Welcome to The News Agents - a new daily podcast beginning August 30th hosted by journalists Emily M...