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The Week in Westminster
BBC Radio 4
5 episodes
2 weeks ago

Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

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Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

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Government
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06/12/2025
The Week in Westminster
28 minutes
1 month ago
06/12/2025

The Daily Telegraph's political editor, Ben Riley-Smith, analyses the latest developments at Westminster.

Following further fallout from Rachel Reeves' Budget, and accusations that she misled the public about the state of the public finances, Ben speaks to two members of the Treasury select committee who have been investigating the issue: Labour MP, Yuan Yang, and Conservative MP, Dame Harriet Baldwin.

After the Prime Minister signalled that the government would make a fresh attempt to reform the welfare system, Ben is joined by the Labour chair of the Work and Pensions select committee, Debbie Abrahams, and the former Conservative Work and Pensions Secretary, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who introduced Universal Credit.

Former Labour Home Secretary, Jack Straw, and former Conservative Justice Secretary, Alex Chalk, debate the government's proposals to reduce the number of jury trials.

And the state of Anglo-German relations was in focus this week following a state visit by the German President. To discuss this Ben brings together two German-born British politicians: Former Labour MP, Baroness Gisela Stuart, and Wera Hobhouse, the Liberal Democrat MP for Bath.

The Week in Westminster

Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster