Byline Podcast

With the Governor or the Bank Of England predicting an "apocalypse" of food price inflation, Adrian Goldberg explores what the government is doing to help the poorest members of society. With guests Leanne, Imran Hussain from Action For Children and Byline Times Chief Social Affairs reporter Sian Norris.In response to the issues raised in the podcast, a government spokesperson said: “We are committed to ending poverty and the latest figures show there were half a million fewer children in absolute poverty after housing costs than in 2009/10. “We recognise the pressures on the cost of living and we are doing what we can to help, including spending £22 billion across the next financial year to support people with energy bills and cut fuel duty. “For the hardest hit, we’re putting an average of £1,000 more per year into the pockets of working families on Universal Credit, have also boosted the minimum wage by more than £1,000 a year for full-time workers and our Household Support Fund is there to help with the cost of everyday essentials.”Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deep dive into the Queen's Speech to open a new session of parliament, with Byline Times Political and Westminster editor Adam Bienkov, and Jun Pang, Policy and Campaigns Officer at Liberty. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.(Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 10/5/22) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Home Secretary Priti Patel plans to 'process' some asylum seekers to the UK thousands of miles away in Rwanda.Ministers say the scheme is designed to act as a deterrent, and break the stranglehold of people traffickers who endanger migrants lives with risk channel crossings.That's disputed by our guests on this episode where Adrian Goldberg hears from immigration lawyer Jan Doerfel and Holly Hudson, an activist with Green New Deal Rising who recently disrupted one of Ms Patel's speeches in protest at the plan.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.(Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 8 May 2022). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses the draft US Supreme Court recommendation to overturn the right to abortion with Dr Sonia Adesara, an expert on reproductive rights and Byline Times Social Affairs reporter Sian Norris.Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.(Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 3 May, 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the gongs were handed out at the Bad Press Awards as part of the 2022 Byline Festival, Adrian Goldberg gathered together some of those involved in the event, to discuss the state of modern journalism.Under the shadow of the Westway, Adrian spoke to BAFTA award winning actress Joanna Scanlon; Peter York, writer of the Official Sloane Ranger Handbook and creator of the Modern Review; Alastair Morgan, long time campaigner on behalf of his murdered brother Daniel Morgan; compere Jonathan Pie aka the comedian Tom Walker; andPeter Jukes executive editor of Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The passage of two parliamentary bills in the same week has led many government critics to complain that Britain is sliding towards authoritarianism.Adrian Goldberg discusses the idea with Lib Dem peer Lord Rennard and Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu.Made in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.(Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 28/4/22) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imran Ahmed from the Center for Countering Digital Hate and Peter Jukes, executive editor of Byline Times, discuss the takeover of Twitter by "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk. Hosted by Adrian GoldbergProduced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.(First broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 26 April, 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Niall Couper, CEO of football pressure group Fair Game tells Adrian Goldberg why the sport needs an independent regulator - without delay.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.(Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 25 April 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zarina Zabrisky reports from Odessa, where Russian forces killed eight civilians, including a three month old baby, in a missile attack on an apartment block. All this on the weekend of "Greek Easter", one of the holiest days in the Orthodox calendar.Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.(Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 24 April, 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Byline Times Investigations Editor Sam Bright assesses whether Boris Johnson can survive an Inquiry by the Commons' Privileges Committee into whether he misled parliament over 'Partygate'.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey WhiteFunded by subscriptions to Byline Times(Originally broadcast on @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 22 April 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices