The Rundown by PoliticsHome

The race is on to be chosen to run as an MP

Veteran political journalist Michael Crick who runs the @tomorrowsmps twitter account, Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee Luke Akehurst, and a Conservative parliamentary candidate in 2015 and 2017 Jackson Ng, join Politic…

Liz Truss's knotty legacy

Seven months on from Liz Truss’s exit from Downing Street, Tory MP Ranil Jayawardena, who served as Environment Secretary in her Cabinet, Rohan Watt, who wrote her manifesto and worked in her No 10 policy unit, and Dr Catherine Haddon, progr…

Housing crisis comes to a head

Bob Seely, Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight, John Myers, co-founder of the London YIMBY housing campaign, Dan Tomlinson, Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Chipping Barnet, PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst discuss the…

Too late for the Tories?

Conservative MP James Sunderland and deputy editor of ConservativeHome, Henry Hill, join Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty from PoliticsHome to discuss the fallout from the local elections where the Tories lost over 1,0…

A tale of two palaces

Marking King Charles's coronation, PoliticsHome explores the relationship between two palaces: Buckingham and Westminster. Downing Street researcher in residence Dr Michelle Clement, History of Parliament research project’s Dr Robin …

Six months of Sunak

Conservative MP for Mansfield Ben Bradley, director of pollsters JL Partners Scarlett Maguire, and former political communications adviser Laura Dunn join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to review how Rishi Sunak i…

Tories want prevention to cure the NHS

Health and social care select committee chair and Conservative MP Steve Brine, and Liberal Democrats health spokesperson and deputy leader Daisy Cooper join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst to discuss the ongoing impact of …

Will anyone stop Parliament from falling down?

To discuss the ongoing failure to fix the crumbling Palace of Westminster, Alain Tolhurst from PoliticsHome is joined by Dr Alexandra Meakin, a politics lecturer at the University of Leeds and an expert on the Parliamentary restoration progr…

Energy bills are soaring again

Citizens Advice head of policy Morgan Wild, Which? head of strategic insight Katie Alpin and Cornwall Insight senior consultant Kate Mulvany join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the latest looming energy…

The dial has moved in Scotland

Scotland has a new first minister, and it could be seismic for UK politics overall. Labour MP Ian Murray, shadow Scottish secretary, renowned pollster Sir John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, and the former SNP MP S…