Bloomberg UK Politics

Here's an episode of another Bloomberg podcast that you may enjoy, Voternomics. Each week, hosts Allegra Stratton, Stephanie Flanders and Adrian Wooldridge help make sense of the elections that will affect markets, countries and economies like never before.On this episode, former UK diplomat Tom Fletcher discusses how the Labour Party leader’s first 30 days could define his premiership.  Plus, reporter Ellen Milligan discusses her story on Labour’s position on Brexit. If you want to hear more episodes, please subscribe to Voternomics wherever you listen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the final week of campaigning gets underway, we ask our Bloomberg election panel about the winners and losers looking ahead to polling day. Alice Perry, former chair of Labour's National Executive Committee, Luisa Porritt, former Liberal Democrat member of the European Parliament and Chris Wilkins, former speechwriter to Theresa May share their reflections on the last five weeks in politics. Hosted by Stephen Carroll and Yuan Potts.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Keir Starmer has quantified Labour's hopes for growing the economy for the first time, telling ITV he's targeting growth of at least 2.5% if his party wins next week's election. It's a rate that economists argue is unrealistic. We discuss the feasibility of Starmer's economic ambitions with Bloomberg's Chief UK Economist Dan Hanson. Hosted by Stephen Carroll and Yuan Potts.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conservative rising star Kemi Badenoch, potential successor to Rishi Sunak, talks about her anti-woke stance, views on diversity and inclusion, and potential leadership in the Conservative Party. The podcast discusses her political journey, tough stance on gender issues, and her approach to social issues like transgender identity.

Today we're bringing you our special Bloomberg Business Debate with the Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds. They clashed over growth and Net Zero targets, during the conversation with Bloomberg's Anna Edwards. Plus, analysis from our UK Correspondent Lizzy Burden, City Editor Katherine Griffiths and Senior Economics reporter Philip Aldrick. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our election panel discusses another set of polls pointing to a large Labour majority and a Conservative meltdown. Meanwhile the Tory campaign is under further pressure after news of an investigation by the Gambling Commission. We're joined by Alice Perry, former chair of Labour's National Executive Committee, Luisa Porritt, former Liberal Democrat member of the European Parliament and Chris Wilkins, former speechwriter to Theresa May. Hosted by Yuan Potts and Caroline Hepker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This general election there is only one female leader on the ballot, the Green party co-Leader. Yet increasingly, women hold many of the key jobs in Westminster. We're profiling these key frontline female politicians. This week, Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner: one of the party's best media performers, a standard bearer for the left, and who sees her role models for government as a mix of John Prescott and Nick Clegg. Hosted by Caroline Hepker and Ailbhe Rea.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 A recent YouGov poll put Reform UK ahead of the Conservatives for the first time in its history. But who are the people running the party, what's driving its recent success and what do Reform voters look like? We ask Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University and author of several books on the populist right. Hosted by Yuan Potts and Stephen Carroll.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The latest opinion polls are bringing variations on the same theme: Labour have a massive lead over the Conservatives, Reform UK are rising up the ranks, and the Tories look on track for either a very bad, or catastrophic election. We discuss how the polls are influencing voters and the campaign with our UK Political Editor Alex Wickham. Hosted by Stephen Carroll and Yuan Potts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's three weeks to go until the general election, and this week we got a closer look at the major parties' plans for government. Will their ideas make any waves in the worlds of business, technology and industry? We put the question to three Bloomberg editors, City Editor Katherine Griffiths, Senior Executive Editor for Energy and Commodities Will Kennedy and our London Technology Editor Amy Thomson. Together they dig into the details behind the headlines. Hosted by Caroline Hepker and Lizzy Burden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.