Why is it becoming increasingly difficult to run a smaller business in this country?

Why is it becoming increasingly difficult to run a smaller business in this country?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Alex Ballinger, Conservative Shadow Energy Security Minister Dr Luke Evans, Heart of London Business Alliance's chief executive Ros Morgan, plus the investigative journalist Ellie Flynn.

Should there be a clamp-down on political donations?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour's Transport Minister Keir Mather, Conservative Shadow Scotland Secretary Harriet Cross, Reform UK decision-making board member Gawain Towler, plus the barrister and broadcaster Hashi Mohamed.

What needs to be done to reverse the trend of young people emigrating?Joining Iain Dale on a special youth-focused edition of Cross Question are the feminist writer Tilly Middlehurst, CPAC GB Youth Ambassador Jayden Palmer, the Green Party Deputy Mayor of Hackney Dylan Law, plus the podcaster Joshua Eames.

What needs to be done to tackle the inequality affecting white working-class people in this country?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour's Work and Pensions Minister Lilian Greenwood, former Conservative Cabinet minister Sir Simon Clarke, Lib Dem MP Layla Moran, plus businessman Lord Karan Bilimoria.

Has Ed Miliband gone too far today, or not far enough?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the businessman Sir Martin Sorrell, plus MPs Dr Jeevun Sandher from Labour, Dr Ellie Chowns from the Green Party and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst from the Conservatives.

Is it time to ban the use of face coverings at protests?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry, the broadcaster Sir Trevor Phillips, Conservative peer Baroness Joanne Cash, plus the political commentator Jess Caine.

What will it take for both our political leaders and the wider British public to take the Russian threat seriously enough?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative Women and Equalities Minister Joy Morrissey, Labour MP Helena Dollimore, the Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges, plus the Yorktown Institute research fellow and British Army veteran Rob Clark.

Is Burnham making you believe in an optimistic future for this country?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Octopus Energy chief executive Greg Jackson, plus MPs Tonia Antoniazzi from Labour, Douglas Lumsden from the Conservatives plus Lara Bird from the SNP.

How are the conditions we're experiencing this summer affecting your view of how we fight climate change?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Liberal Democrat trade spokesperson Josh Reynolds, manufacturing sector businessman John Elliott, Green Party London Assembly member Caroline Russell, plus political commentator Sarah Southern.

How should reforms to social care be paid for?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Rachel Blake from Labour and David Mundell from the Conservatives, the Green New Deal Rising campaign's Hannah Martin, plus LBC presenter Henry Riley.