This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ What kind of impact will Dominic Cummings’s renewed criticism have on the popularity and credibility of the government?
❷ How much are politicians in the UK exploiting ‘culture wars’?
❸ Will we get back to something that looks like 'normal' on July 19th?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston with Former No.10 Race Adviser Samuel Kasumu, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Musician Professor Green, Labour’s Dawn Butler MP and former Health Secretary and Chair of the Health Select Committee Jeremy Hunt.


This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Should wealthier countries do more to fight COVID? And when will the whole world be vaccinated?
❷ Does the UK Government still hope to find a negotiated settlement with the EU to resolve the sausage import dilemma?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis MP, CEO of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance Dr Seth Berkley, Former professional boxer and Olympic gold medalist Nicola Adams, Labour’s Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and Former Conservative Home Secretary Amber Rudd.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ After Dominic Cummings’ 7-hour testimony, we’re asking Is the PM incompetent? Should the Health Secretary resign? How many additional lives were lost as a result of the PM’s refusal to go for a 2nd lockdown?
❷ How do we eliminate hate from social media?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston with Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP, Epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Professor John Edmunds, Former Manchester United footballer and 'Hope United' Manager Rio Ferdinand, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth MP and the Conservative's Former Brexit Secretary David Davis MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Will the Indian variant prevent the final unlocking on the 21st June?
❷ Why can’t we go to amber list countries in Europe for our holidays given that it’s no longer illegal?
❸ Could Keir Starmer survive as Labour leader if they lose the Batley and Spen by-election?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston with Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC MP, Chief Executive of Ryan Air Michael O'Leary, Imperial College London epidemiologist Professor Neil Ferguson, former Downing Street Chief of Staff Nick Timothy and Labour's Rebecca Long-Bailey MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Can Labour recover from its dreadful performance in last week’s elections?
❷ How will the Online Harms Bill protect vulnerable people and young children from toxic material online?
❸ Is there a role for banks in tackling climate change?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy MP, Former Governor of the Bank of England and Finance Advisor for COP26 Mark Carney, former Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson and former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Is there any chance we can be COVID safe in the UK with the pandemic still raging across the rest of the world?
❷ What prospects are there for us to have summer holidays abroad this year?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston. as he sits down with Chief Executive of EasyJet Johan Lundgren, Covid-19 Technical Lead for the World Health Organisation Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey MP, former Downing Street Chief of Staff Lord Barwell and former Labour Party Deputy Leader Tom Watson.


This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ How damaged is the Prime Minister by the disclosures that he borrowed money from the Tory party to finance the redecoration of his Downing Street home? And also by the charge that he made extraordinary remarks before the 2nd lockdown that he would rather see ‘bodies piling high in the streets’ rather than have a 3rd lockdown?
❷ How do we get the scourge of racism off social media especially when it relates to footballers?
❸ Should we be doing more to help India obtain more vaccines? And what kind of booster will those who have already been vaccinated in the UK be getting in the autumn?

Listen to all this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer MP, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi MP, Sheffield United footballer David McGoldrick, the Conservative's Dehenna Davison MP and Labour's Jon Cruddas MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing three big topics:

❶ Why did Johnny Mercer resign as minister in charge of improving the lives of veterans?
❷ How will the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon get her independence referendum?
❸ What is the significance of the conviction of George Floyd’s murderer in America?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with former Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer MP, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy MP, former Shadow Chancellor Labour's John McDonnell MP and the Conservative's Andrea Jenkyns MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing two important topics:

❶ How do we prevent a third COVID19 wave?
❷ How should lobbying rules be changed after the David Cameron - Greensil Capital debacle?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Epidemiologist Professor John Edmunds, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rachel Reeves MP, Lobbyist and Chairman of Cicero Group Iain Anderson, Conservative peer Lord Vaizey and Labour's Dawn Butler MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ What will our economic recovery look like? How quick will it be?
❷ Has peace broken out in the vaccine war between the UK and EU?
❸ Are the new asylum laws brought forward by the Home Secretary humane or heartless?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with International Trade and Women and Equalities Secretary Liz Truss MP, Chief Economist at the Bank of England Andy Haldane, Actor and Ambassador for the British Red Cross Jason Isaacs, Former Conservative Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee Labour’s Yvette Cooper MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ How do we make our streets and homes safer for women?
❷ Has the #MeToo movement led to a reduction in sexism?
❸ Why are the under 50s being asked to wait longer for their vaccinations?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down Home Secretary Priti Patel MP, Director of the Francis Crick Institute Sir Paul Nurse, Best-selling Author Roxane Gay, Labour’s Shadow Home Office Minister Jess Phillips MP and the Conservative Maria Miller MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Is there racism in the Royal family? Is there racism in the tabloid press?
❷ Are relations with the European Union only going to get worse since we left the European Union?
❸ Are nurses getting the right pay rise?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Actor and campaigner Steve Coogan, EU Ambassador to the United Kingdom João Vale de Almeida, Former England Footballer John Barnes, Labour’s Rebecca Long-Bailey MP and the Conservative Caroline Nokes MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing two big topics:

❶ Is Rishi Sunak’s current splurge in spending, and proposed tax increases a few years later, the right recipe to fix Britain’s economy after covid?
❷ What impact will the battle between Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon have on the SNP’s hopes of making Scotland independent and the upcoming elections?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Stephen Barclay MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy MP, Political Scientist at the University of Strathclyde Sir John Curtice, Former Shadow Chancellor Labour’s John McDonnell MP and the Conservative’s Former Education Secretary Baroness Morgan.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Is the Prime Minister’s route out of lockdown too fast or too slow?
❷ Will we be able to escape to the sun this summer?
❸ How is the pandemic affecting young people’s mental health?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP, Epidemiologist, Imperial College London Professor Neil Ferguson, UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador Dr. Alex George, Labour’s Shadow Business Minister Lucy Powell MP and the Chair of the Covid Recovery Group Mark Harper MP. 

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ What can we learn from Israel on how and when to ease lockdown?
❷ Will we need vaccine ‘passports’ to go to the pub in the UK?
❸ And will dishonest holiday-makers really have to spend ten years in prison for breaking the rules?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Justice Secretary Robert Buckland MP, Israel’s Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein, Russell T Davies writer of ‘It’s a Sin’ and ‘Doctor Who‘, Labour’s Shadow Communities Minister Naz Shah MP and the Conservative Steve Baker MP.

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This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ When will it be safe to ease lockdown and relax social distancing measures?
❷ Has the Northern Ireland protocol started a process that will inevitably lead to Northern Ireland leaving the UK?
❸ Is the government doing enough to protect people who are living in unsafe buildings?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP, First Minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster MLA, Epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Professor John Edmunds, plus Labour’s Shadow Minister for Social Care Liz Kendall MP and the former Downing Street Chief of Staff Nick Timothy.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re reflecting on the way out of the COVID19 crisis, and discussing how life will, possibly, change forever. Also:

❶ Are we winning against the virus? There’s been a, so far, successful vaccination programme in the UK, but we’re seeing the emergence of mutations across the country, what does that mean?
❷ How safe will it be to ease lockdown and when?
❸ Is the government doing enough to provide support to those suffering from mental health conditions because of COVD19?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Minister for Mental Health Nadine Dorries MP, State Epidemiologist of Sweden Anders Tegnell, Labour’s Former Shadow Women’s and Equalities Minister Dawn Butler MP and the Conservative's Former Brexit Secretary David Davis MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Has the Prime Minister really done everything he could to protect us from the virus?
❷ Will schools reopen on March 8th?
❸ Are there going to be problems down the track with the supply of the vaccine?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Professor of Immunology at Imperial College Professor Robin Shattock
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Labour’s Shadow Home Office Minister Jess Phillips MP and Conservative Dehenna Davison MP

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ What does the end of Trump and the beginning of Biden mean for America?
❷ What are the prospects of a UK-US free trade deal?
❸ What will Trump’s legacy be?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney TD, Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss MP, Writer and Director Armando Iannucci, plus Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker and Former Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Is lockdown working in driving down the rate of infection?
❷ When will schools reopen?
❸ What does Trump's impeachment mean for him and America?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston, and Anushka Asthana, as they sit down with Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, former British Ambassador to the United States Lord Darroch plus former Education Secretary Baroness Morgan and Labour’s Shadow Minister for Schools Wes Streeting MP.

This podcast features the best interviews and political commentary from Wednesday night’s Peston show on ITV.