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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

Plaid Cymru have swept to victory in Caerphilly, taking a Senedd seat that has been held by Labour for a century - will it convince Keir Starmer to change course?

Alexis Conran unpacks the politics of the day with Daisy McAndrew and Michael Binyon.

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Labour's Caerphilly Collapse

Shabana Mahmood says her department remains “not yet fit for purpose,” after The Times uncovered a secret report calling it dysfunctional and detached from reality. Should we be worried that we're still using that phrase, 20 years after John Reid first made it famous?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Manveen Rana and Patrick Kidd. 

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Why Is The Home Office Still Not Fit For Purpose?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions with Gabriel Pogrund from The Sunday Times and comedian Gráinne Maguire.

After several grooming gang victims withdrew from the inquiry process, Sir Keir Starmer vows to deliver justice — but can he restore confidence in the investigation?

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PMQs: Grooming Gangs Inquiry In Chaos

Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir reveals her abuse by Jeffrey Epstein and alleged encounters with Prince Andrew - claims he denies. Now, the disgraced royal faces pressure to disclose what he knows about Epstein’s crimes and those who may have enabled them. 

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Libby Purves and James Marriott.

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What Did Andrew Witness?

Conservative MPs Alicia Kearns and Tom Tugendhat have urged Keir Starmer to designate China a top-tier threat, calling his inaction a sign of weakness - but would such a label really change anything?

Hugo Rifkind is joined by Seb Payne and Charlotte Ivers to unpack the politics of the day. 

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Is China A Top-Tier Threat?

The Prime Minister wants to lift the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending their game against Aston Villa next month. But could it lead to violence?

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

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Football Ban Tests Starmer

The government, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Conservatives all blame each other for the collapse of the China spy case, is everyone set to lose in the blame game?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Manveen Rana and David Runciman live from the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 

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The China Spy Blame Game

Hugo Rifkind unpacks PMQs alongside Patrick Maguire and Ayesha Hazarika live from the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Badenoch challenges Starmer over the China spy case, but Starmer enjoys arguing over legal technicalities.

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PMQs: Lawyer, Not A Leader?

Does an embarrassing moment for Sir Keir Starmer on stage at the Egypt peace summit reveal something about the UK's influence on the global stage?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Libby Purves and James Marriott

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Trump Leaves Starmer Hanging

Reform UK's Nigel Farage is preparing to drop his promise to deliver £90bn of tax cuts, saying his party will reduce public spending first. Is this a more credible position, and is it in response to Tory attacks?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Carol Lewis and Patrick Kidd 

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Farage Ditches Tax Cut Plans

On the agenda: how Trump's survival will hinge on tax cuts, deficit spending and domestic deregulation, how the new liberal backlash against the populist surge will see the Lib Dems benefit, and what Theresa May's Vogue interview tells us about her.
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May in Vogue, Lib Dems in clover and Trump still in power

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