Politics At Sam and Anne's Has Kemi's stamp duty pledge flopped?
Oct 14, 2025
19:35
On the day, the government wants to talk about cutting ‘burdensome bureaucracy’ in the planning system – China is the story it can’t shake off again.
Sam and Anne go over the fresh warning about “significant threat” posed by Chinese hackers and how they contributed to a record number of serious online attacks.
And there’s more to say about the collapse of the China spy trial.
Ministers are sure Jonathan Powell had no role in the case being dropped – but could the PM’s national security adviser walk regardless?
It’s also Polling Tuesday on the podcast – did the party conferences shift the dial on anything with voters? Did the Tories see any traction for their promise to scrap stamp duty?
Plus, why politicians should keep their voice down on the tube
Sam and Anne go over the fresh warning about “significant threat” posed by Chinese hackers and how they contributed to a record number of serious online attacks.
And there’s more to say about the collapse of the China spy trial.
Ministers are sure Jonathan Powell had no role in the case being dropped – but could the PM’s national security adviser walk regardless?
It’s also Polling Tuesday on the podcast – did the party conferences shift the dial on anything with voters? Did the Tories see any traction for their promise to scrap stamp duty?
Plus, why politicians should keep their voice down on the tube