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Times Radio

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times.

You can listen to Hugo on DAB, smart speaker or app 10am-1pm Monday to Friday. If you like what you hear, then read more at http://www.thetimes.com/

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Politics Without The Boring Bits

Donald Trump has sued the BBC for $10 billion over an edit of his January 6th speech in a Panorama documentary. Could the corporation's survival be threatened if it doesn't settle with the US president?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Libby Purves and Patrick Kidd.

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Donald Trump vs The BBC

Does Andy Burnham want to be PM? Reform UK has become Britain’s largest party by membership, and Jeremy Clarkson is the latest pub owner to bar Labour MPs from his pub.

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Seb Payne and Emma Duncan.

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Burnham, Reform & Clarkson Bans MPs

Keir Starmer and his fellow European leaders are engaged in another intense period of diplomacy aimed at securing a peace deal for Ukraine. Can they make any progress - and is Donald Trump's hostility to Europe only increasing? 
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Starmer's Shuttle Diplomacy

Keir Starmer has appointed 25 new peers, despite having pledged to shrink and even abolish the House of Lords in the past - how could that affect trust in politics?

Hugo unpacks the politics of the day with Matthew Syed and Salma Shah.

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Are Labour's Peerages Hypocritical?

Panto season hits PMQs, with Badenoch calling Starmer a “caretaker PM,” Starmer accusing her of job-saving panic, and Lindsay Hoyle asking MPs to stop the pantomime auditions.

Hugo Rifkind is joined by Patrick Maguire and Andrew Hunter Murray to unpack the exchanges in the House Of Commons. 

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PMQs: A Caretaker Prime Minister

Angela Rayner has expressed "frustration" with slow progress delivering on workers' rights. Now she's on the backbenches, is she going to be creating problems for Keir Starmer, and could she end up as leader?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Megan Kenyon and Patrick Kidd.

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Does Rayner Have A Plan For Power?

The think-tank that backed Keir Starmer's bid to be Labour leader has started canvassing members about potential successors - are preparations underway for a leadership change?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Cindy Yu and Charlotte Ivers.

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Are Starmer Loyalists Losing Faith?

The UK is planning to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine. But with Putin welcomed with open arms in India, how much pressure will this really put on the Kremlin?

Ed Vaizey unpacks the news of the day with Alys Denby and Michael Binyon.

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Britain’s Move On Frozen Russian Assets

Nigel Farage wants a “reverse takeover” of the Tory party, but he's not interested in any Reform UK-Conservative Party pact at the next election - could he lure Robert Jenrick to join Reform? 

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Matthew Parris and Juliet Samuel. 

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Can Farage Lure Jenrick?

Kemi Badenoch is on a roll at PMQs, but was she right to keep the focus on what was and wasn't said in the weeks before the Budget?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the exchanges from the Commons with Gabriel Pogrund and Guto Harri

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Are Labour's Peerages Hypocritical?

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