Isabel Hardman, assistant editor of The Spectator, discusses the week's biggest political stories with guests. David Gauke, former Conservative MP and justice secretary; and Jill Rutter, from the Institute for Government and former senior civil servant discuss Dominic Raab‘s resignation, and relations between ministers and the civil service. Luke Tryl, director of More in Common and former adviser to former education secretary Nicky Morgan; and Carl Shoben, of Strategic Communications for Survation, and former Labour adviser and strategist (for Tony Blair and Jeremy Corbyn) discuss local elections. Kezia Dugdale, former leader of the Scottish Labour Party and director of Glasgow University’s John Smith Institute; and Stephen Gethins, former SNP MP and professor of Practice in International Relations, St Andrew’s University look at The SNP’s recent troubles. And Selaine Saxby, Conservative MP, maths graduate and former maths teacher; and Stian Westlake, chief executive of Royal Statistical Society ask whether maths matters.

Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

Paul Waugh, Chief Political Commentator of the i paper, looks back at a dramatic week in which former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was questioned by the Privileges Committee over whether he deliberately misled Parliament over parties in Downing Street during the pandemic. Paul is joined by the former editor of The Daily Telegraph, Charles Moore, who was given a life peerage by Boris Johnson in 2020, and Lord Sumption, a former senior judge who sat on the UK Supreme Court. With parliamentary standards in the spotlight Paul is also joined by Dr Hannah White of the Institute for Government and Tammy Banks, an outgoing lay member of Parliament's standards committee, who reflects on her six year stint in the role, including the political fallout from the investigation in to former Conservative MP Owen Paterson for breaching paid advocacy rules. After Parliament voted overwhelmingly to approve the new Windsor Framework Paul speaks to the former Irish Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern, to discuss the chances of a return to power-sharing in Northern Ireland and to look ahead to the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. And, to assess whether this week's Conservative soap opera will have any effect on upcoming elections, Paul speaks to Professor Tim Bale, author of a new book about the Conservative Party after Brexit, and Professor Jane Green, co-Director of the British Election Study.

George Parker, political editor of the Financial Times, discusses the week's biggest political stories with guests. Dame Angela Eagle MP, a former Labour treasury minister, and Conservative MP Anthony Browne assess the Budget. Alexander Downer, former Australian foreign minister, and Bronwen Maddox, director of Chatham House, take a look at the Aukus deal and China. The Parthenon Sculptures are debated by Ben Bradshaw MP, former Labour culture secretary, and Emily Sheffield, ex-editor of the Evening Standard newspaper. Plus an interview with Lord Heseltine ahead of his 90th birthday on Tuesday.

As the Government unveils its long-awaited plan to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats, Ben Riley-Smith of The Daily Telegraph is joined by the former Home Secretary, Lord Blunkett, and Conservative MP, Danny Kruger. With the civil service in the spotlight following two separate rows involving senior mandarins, Ben speaks to the former Head of the Civil Service, Lord Kerslake. Conservative peer and former pensions minister, Baroness Altmann, and chief executive of the New Economics Foundation and Labour Parliamentary candidate, Miatta Fahnbulleh, discuss the ways in which the Government could encourage more people back in to work. And, following the first Anglo-French summit in five years, Ben brings together former UK Ambassador to Paris and Washington, Sir Peter Westmacott, and French journalist, Agnes Poirier, to examine Rishi Sunak's diplomacy.

Bloomberg's Emily Ashton looks back at the week in which the Prime Minister hailed a breakthrough deal on the Northern Ireland Protcol and a minister's leaked messages during Covid dominated the headlines. Emily speaks to Labour peer Jenny Chapman, a former shadow Brexit minister, and the former Brexit Secretary David Davis about the significance of the deal and whether Brexit is finally done. Professor Katy Hayward explains the implications of the Windsor Framework for the Democratic Unionist Party. Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus and The Telegraph's Christopher Hope discuss revelations following the publication of leaker WhatsApp messages from former Health Secretary Matt Hancock. And how are the Conservatives and Labour preparing for next year's elections? Emily discusses the path to the manifesto with Sebastian Payne from Onward, a centre-right think tank, and Keir Starmer's former head of domestic policy, Olivia Bailey.

As the Prime Minister searches for a new deal with the EU over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland, BBC Political Correspondent Ben Wright speaks to Conservative MP and former Northern Ireland minister, Conor Burns, and Theresa May's former Chief of Staff Lord Barwell. The SNP MP Joanna Cherry discusses the current state of the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister and what her departure means for the independence movement. Following news that the Royal College of Nursing has paused next week's planned strike and agreed to talk to the Government, Ben brings together two members of the Health Select Committee: Labour MP, and former nurse, Paulette Hamilton, and Conservative chairman Steve Brine. And Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson and author of a new book called 'Follow the Money', joins Kitty Ussher, former Treasury minister and now Chief Economist of the Institute of Directors, to look ahead to next month's Budget and analyse the state of our public finances.

Assistant Editor of The Spectator, Isabel Hardman, looks back at the week in which Ukraine's President Zelensky addressed Parliament after making a surprise visit to the UK. Isabel speaks to the former secretary-general of NATO, Lord George Robertson and the former defence secretary Dr Liam Fox about President's Zelensky's address to Westminster Hall and what the UK should do to help Ukraine. She is also joined by Dame Kate Bingham, the former vaccines tsar and managing partner of life sciences venture capital firm SV health Investors to discuss the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and how Britain can become a science superpower. The former DUP leader and first minister of Northern Ireland, Baroness Arlene Foster discusses the Northern Ireland protocol. And why are an increasing number of politicians becoming TV and radio presenters? Former Labour MP and now GB News presenter Gloria de Piero debates this with Financial Times chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley.

Political editor of The Guardian, Pippa Crerar, looks back at the week in which Rishi Sunak completed 100 days in office. As Tory MPs make fresh calls for tax cuts following a bleak economic forecast from the International Monetary Fund, Pippa speaks to Sir Jake Berry, briefly party chairman under Liz Truss; and David Gauke, a cabinet minister under Theresa May. She is also joined by former education secretary, Justine Greening; and Labour MP and ex-teacher Emma Hardy, to discuss the teachers' strike and wider industrial unrest. The pollster James Johnson looks at public attitudes to Brexit three years after Britain left the EU. And, as Westminster insiders debate whether the current political moment is more like 1992 or 1997, Pippa brings together Lord Mandelson, architect of New Labour, and Rachel Wolf, co-author of the 2019 Conservative manifesto.

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