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Pre-pandemic levels of NHS funding an ‘improvement’ on government’s latest budget proposal, says shadow chancellor
We spoke to the Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds


‘The combination of Brexit and Covid is about the most unfortunate disastrous coincidence’, says Ken Clarke
We spoke to the former Conservative Chancellor, Ken Clarke, about the budget and UK trade post-Brexit.


Boris Johnson denies bias over towns funding scheme
Boris Johnson has denied that the government has been biased in the allocation of funds to struggling towns.


Home Office accused of treating asylum seekers dangerously after dozens caught Covid in housing
Two former army barracks, Napier and Penally, have been under scrutiny since they opened to asylum seekers last year.


Government at fault for asylum seeker Covid outbreaks, says Yvette Cooper
We spoke to the chair of the Home Affairs Committee, Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who echoed criticisms of the Home Office and its decision to house large numbers of asylum seekers at former army barracks.


Buckingham Palace bullying investigation ‘transparent and pathetic attempt’ to smear the Sussexes, says Gina Yashere
We spoke to the comedian Gina Yashere and royal commentator Peter Hunt.


‘It’s not enough just to clap us, it’s important now to pay us’ – Dame Donna Kinnair on NHS 1% pay rise
Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing Professor Dame Donna Kinnair joined us from Hackney in east London.


Unions predict backlash over UK government plans to offer 1% pay rise to most NHS staff
They have spent the last year on the frontline of the Covid crisis - risking their own lives to save others.


Sturgeon knows there were ‘catastrophic failures’ in handling of Salmond investigation, says writer Iain Macwhirter
Iain Macwhirter is a writer and columnist who's supported independence but is critical of the Scottish government and its treatment of Alex Salmond.


Is Sturgeon/Salmond feud changing voters’ minds ahead of elections?
For eight hours today, politicians on the committee investigating whether the Scottish government mishandled harassment complaints against Alex Salmond grilled his successor Nicola Sturgeon over whether she had breached the ministerial code.


How will Sunak’s ‘green revolution’ help the UK become carbon zero?
With time running out in a climate crisis, what did Rishi Sunak actually deliver today to put the UK on track to carbon zero by 2050?


Businesses worry about customers returning after pandemic
Will we even be buying the same things from the same businesses as we did before the lockdowns?


Tory MSP Ruth Davidson: ‘There is a whole lot of backside covering in this government, for a government that did something wrong.’
We speak to the SNP's Mike Russell, who is the Scottish government's Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, and Ruth Davidson, leader of the Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament.


Sturgeon ‘never wanted to get Alex Salmond’
It was billed as the fight of her life: Nicola Sturgeon, accused by her predecessor Alex Salmond of being part of a conspiracy against him.


Budget 2021: Spend, spend, spend followed by aggressive tax hikes
The latest forecast from the government's Budget watchdog, the OBR, points to a stronger recovery from the Covid crisis than previously predicted.



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