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Listen to this article Chelsea Flower Show should remind us that the outdoors is not a luxury – it belongs to everyone The grey is lifting. And the...
Britain urgently needs a new social contract with its younger generations. Listen to this article For too many young people today, the traditional...
With Keir Starmer’s premiership hanging by a thread, the King delivered His Government’s legislative programme for the year ahead. Listen to this...
Today, the voices of division will be loud. Listen to this article They are a reminder that our values are not given but earned. And that each of us...
Every year, things at the Cannes film festival seem to get bigger - the gowns, the production budgets, the bottles of champagne. All things expand...
Earlier this year, the government announced the biggest overhaul in road safety strategy in more than a decade with ambitions to reduce deaths and...
By Anastasia Shubareva-Epshtein With Wes Streeting stepping down as Health Secretary, there is a real danger that progress on maternity reform stalls...
While Wes Streeting has not triggered a leadership contest this week, it does not mean the keys to No10 are safe for the Prime Minister. Listen to...
In a world of AI, working from home and endless spreadsheets, it is easy to overlook the continued importance of manufacturing in the UK economy....
We find ourselves at a historic moment for energy and the health of UK seas. Listen to this article On Wednesday, the King introduced the...
Political uncertainty has a habit of unsettling financial markets, and recent jitters around Labour and Andy Burnham are a case in point. Listen to...
By Andrea Evans‑Bilham For many, the online world feels like a digital “Wild West” – vast, fast-moving, and largely unchecked. Listen to this...
The UK is not “ungovernable”. But over the past decade, governing has become increasingly difficult. Listen to this article Difficult spending...
There were two really significant passages in the resignation statement from Wes Streeting today, and one of them wasn’t there. Listen to this...
Listen to this article Wes Streeting, just as it appeared he may have been bottling it, has sensationally quit government. He becomes the most senior...
The UK economy grew 0.6 per cent in March, beating forecasts of a contraction. Listen to this article After weeks of war and oil market turmoil, that...
So it seems as though Sir Keir Starmer’s race is run. Listen to this article Wes Streeting’s tanks are on his lawn - and like the Germans in 1945,...
If Labour’s rivals had an open goal opportunity to gloat on the back of last week’s local election results, they have found the government only...
As of this morning, Wes Streeting has not triggered a leadership contest yet, despite suggestions yesterday that he may do so as early as today....
In the recent ODA budget announcement, the Foreign Secretary set out the UK’s new approach to foreign aid and international development. Listen to...
Britain doesn’t have the luxury of getting energy policy half right. Listen to this article The Government’s proposed Energy Independence Bill,...
I found myself wondering today whether Keir Starmer has started using the King as a human shield. Listen to this article Because watching the King...
Keir Starmer has taken responsibility for Labour's local election losses. Listen to this article "Tough days," he says, strengthen his...
The results of last week’s local elections should alarm everyone who cares about equality, justice and human rights. Listen to this article As...
I fell in love with reading long before I understood why it mattered. Listen to this article Lucky me – my mum gave me a kind of magic by reading to...
What we are witnessing today in our political landscape is what I and many others called a long time ago. Listen to this article It is the unstoppable...
At the time of writing, Sir Keir Starmer has said he will fight on. Listen to this article He's said he'll fight any challenge and he still...
Want LBC stories before everyone else? Set us as your Preferred Source on Google To have any chance of winning another election, the Labour Party...
Last year, live music fans in Britain were robbed of at least £145 million by ticket touts operating in plain sight, hoovering up tickets the moment...
Once again, politicians who claim the moral high ground on taxation have faced uncomfortable questions about their own tax affairs. Listen to this...
Exams are just around the corner, and as a teacher, I know firsthand how stressful they are for students and teachers. Listen to this article However,...
When I first walked through the grand arches of King Charles Street in 2015, the Foreign Office and Whitehall felt a place of stable continuity....
Today, the Cabinet will meet, and loyal members of his majesty’s government will tell the Prime Minister to resign because they’re worried...
I started my own career as an apprentice, so I’ve seen first-hand the value apprenticeships, alongside alternative pathways, can create when young...
Even though they were held last Thursday, the local, Scottish and Welsh elections seem an age ago. Listen to this article Their reverberations are...
One of the most telling election results last week was St Helens council going to Reform. Listen to this article And honestly, knowing St Helens as...
Keir Starmer says incremental change will not cut it. Listen to this article The problem is that this is exactly what he is still offering. I listened...
Hantavirus is not something most people in the UK will ever encounter. Listen to this article It is usually associated with exposure to infected...
The commencement of the Renters’ Rights Act on 1st May might have felt like a finish line for policymakers. But for those on the ground, it was the...
For years, 'supply chain resilience' was little more than boardroom jargon. Listen to this article Today, amid escalating tensions in the...
It was branded the “meh” election, but it produced some unprecedented results. Listen to this article By this time next week, all 129 MSPs elected...
What we’re seeing today isn’t a lack of firepower, it’s a survivability crisis. Listen to this article A £500 drone can take out a vehicle...
This isn’t just a regular set of local elections. Listen to this article One in seven Labour MPs has a constituency in London. And London only...
It's nothing new for a governing party to go backwards in local elections, but the extent to which voters have turned on Labour is quite...
For Welsh Labour, this has been a disaster - no question about it. Listen to this article Kicked out of power for the first time since the start of...
Thursday's local election results send a message Keir Starmer can't walk away from. Listen to this article Where I live in Greater...
A chipper Nigel Farage was basking in both sunshine and political success as he issued a rallying cry from outside Havering Town Hall. Listen to this...
Keir Starmer was the Prime Minister who promised an end to "the noisy politics." He was the PM who promised to "unify" the nation....
Labour is experiencing an electoral bloodbath, losing scores of seats across Britain - while Reform and the Greens gain seats across the UK. Is it...
First takeaway from the results so far? Listen to this article Britain is on course for a Reform government with Nigel Farage as Prime Minister....