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Politics podcast

SEND: Labour’s next backbench battle

SEND provision is in the government's sights. Backbenchers aren't happy.
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You Ask Us

Was exorcising “the ghost of Jeremy Corbyn” a fatal mistake for Labour?

Editor Tom McTague answers listener questions on the New Statesman podcast.
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Politics podcast

One year of Labour rule

Can things still only get better?
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Politics podcast

Welfare reform concessions are humiliating for Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

Will Dunn discusses his explosive cover story, on the New Statesman podcast.
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Politics podcast

Keir Starmer told “sack Rachel Reeves” over welfare reforms

Labour MPs are furious with the government, says Andrew Marr
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Insight podcast

Welcome to the new nuclear age

Nuclear non-proliferation is no longer a given.
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Turner at 250

Why Britain's most influential artist still matters.
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Culture podcast

100 years of The Great Gatsby

Why Fitzgerald's masterpiece continues to grip readers after a century in print.
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Culture podcast

The untold story of Picasso’s muses

The women who loved Picasso shaped his art in surprising ways.
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Culture podcast

The ageing rock gods and me

Kate Mossman on meeting KISS, Bon Jovi, Terence Trent D'arby and more.
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