By-Election By Numbers

Matt Chorley interviews the tory leadership candidate and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on the cost of living, GDP figures, the Northern Ireland Protocol and much more. Plus columnists Melanie Reid and James Forsyth discuss the day's news on Boris Johnson's legal action and Nicola Sturgeon. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley discusses the future of British space travel with Joshua Western, CEO and Co-founder of Space Forge; Melissa Thorpe, Head of Space Port Cornwall; David Oxley, Director of Strategic Projects at Space Hub Sutherland; and Matthew Archer, Director of Commercial Spaceflight at the UK Space Agency.PLUS: James Marriott and India Knight discuss why charming people always come a cropper in the end. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley explores all four corners of the UK in Disunited Kingdom. He speaks to Ciaran Jones, Head of News at Wales Online, Caroline Wilson, Senior Reporter at The Herald, John Manley, Political Correspondent for Irish News, and Nicola Adam, Editor of the Lancashire Post and Blackpool Gazette.PLUS Alice Thomson and Trevor Kavanagh discuss the cost of living crisis and troubled teens. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to the former Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull on why British politics is similar to down under, Boris Johnson, the monarchy and his tribute to Olivia Newton-John.Also columnists Oliver Kamm and David Aaronovitch on not having a government, amnesty international and fine wines.  Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Sunday Times Chief Foreign Correspondent Christina Lamb who has travelled back to Kabul, Afghanistan to find out how the country has changed a year since the Taliban began its march into the capital.PLUS: Rachel Cunliffe and Rachel Sylvester discuss the day’s news. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Maguire celebrates 100 years since Philip Larkin's birth. He speaks to former Poet Laureate and biographer Sir Andrew Motion who worked with Larkin at the University of Hull, James Marriott, Times' Deputy Books Editor and Daljit Nagra, Chair of the Royal Society of Literature. PLUS James Forsyth and Melanie Reid on Truss's tax proposals and the hosepipe ban. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss plan to usher in the return of grammar schools, but do they actually help provide opportunities to working class families? Patrick Maguire traces the history of the debate with Margaret Thatcher's Education Secretary Lord Baker, and asks Tory MP Jonathan Gullis why he thinks now is the right time to bring them back.PLUS: James Marriott and Martha Gill on youthful optimism and friendship in politics. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Maguire explores all four corners of the UK in Disunited Kingdom. He speaks to Liam Thorp Political Editor at the Liverpool Echo, Liz Perkins Senior Reporter at the South Wales Evening Post, Hannah Brown, Political Reporter at The Scotsman and Caoimhe Quinn broadcast journalist at U105 in Belfast.PLUS Robert Crampton and James Kirkup discuss politicians' fears of nannying and swimming pools. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Maguire questions whether the levelling up agenda is dead under a new Prime Minister. He hears from Ben Houchen, the Conservative mayor of the Tees Valley, Tory MP for Rother Valley Alex Stafford and Adam Hawksbee, the head of levelling up at Onward.PLUS Hugo Rifkind and David Aaronovitch discuss Penny Mordaunt's leadership endorsement and smartphones not rotting your brain. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Maguire speaks to former Treasury Minister John Glen, Poppy Trowbridge, who was Special Adviser to the former Chancellor Philip Hammond, Jeevun Sandher a former economist at HM Treasury and the Department of Work and Pensions and Stian Westlake, the CEO of the Royal Statistical Society to talk all things Treasury.PLUS Libby Purves and Patrick Kidd discuss England's jubilant victory and being an influencer. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.