Bloomberg UK Politics

Our weekly election panel weigh in on major parties' manifestos for the General Election campaign. Plus we can't let them get away without asking about debates and D-Day. 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 Caroline Hepker and James Woolcock. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The next UK government can help turn around the dire state of the national finances by harnessing artificial intelligence to boost public services, according to think tanks. As Labour launches its AI strategy, we talk to the director of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Jeegar Kakkas and Institute for Public Policy Research Senior Economist Carsten Jung about the role the state should play in the potential AI industrial revolution, what regulation the new technology needs, and if it really could create £70 billion extra for the next government to spend as some politicians promise. Hosted by Caroline Hepker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in our series on the women on the frontline of Westminster politics, we look at Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt. She has been an MP for 14 years, served as Defence minister and is considered one of the Conservatives' best communicators, standing in for the Prime Minister at the general election leaders' debate. But she has also tried and failed to win the leadership of the Conservative party before and some question whether she will be able to shape either the party or Britain beyond this general election. Hosted by Caroline Hepker and Ailbhe Rea. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rishi Sunak's being shown he's not the only leader who can call a snap summer election, France's Emmanuel Macron can too! Stephen Carroll's in Brussels to explain if elections in the rest of the Europe have any parallels to Britain's one. Plus, with the Liberal Democrats unveiling their manifesto to include a promise to rejoin the single market, we ask our Europe Correspondent-at-large Alberto Nardelli what, if anything, might change in UK-EU relations in the next government. Hosted by Caroline Hepker and Stephen Carroll. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 A TV debate, a tax row and a new candidate called Nigel Farage. Our weekly election panel weigh in on an eventful week in the General Election campaign. 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 Caroline Hepker and Yuan Potts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pollsters are divided over who won the first TV debate of the election campaign. While some think Sunak scraped in ahead, JL Partners have a survey suggesting Starmer won hands down. Co-founder Tom Lubbock explains why the industry's numbers vary so much. Also in this episode, we go full geek on the polling. Tom tells us, "we're living in a golden age of knowing what the public think and at the moment what they're thinking is Keir Starmer is going to be prime minister in about four weeks". Hosted by Yuan Potts and Caroline Hepker.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Women hold many of the key jobs in Westminster and will help shape Britain beyond this general election, even if there is only one female party leader on the ballot. We profile these key frontline female politicians starting with the Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the chess-loving economist from Lewisham who's determined to stick to her steady policies. Hosted by Caroline Hepker and Ailbhe Rea.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Both Labour and the Conservative parties are attempting to make this the economic election, but how much fiscal freedom will the next government have? The size of the UK's national debt, and how much it costs to service it every year, will have a bearing on whoever wins on the 4th of July. Our senior economics reporter Philip Aldrick joins us with the facts and figures. Hosted by Lizzy Burden and Stephen Carroll.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One week down, five to go. It's seven full days since Rishi Sunak stood in the pouring rain and called a summer election. Has the Conservative leader managed to shift the polls since? We explore how the campaigns are playing out with Chris Wilkins, former chief speechwriter to Theresa May, Alice Perry, former chair of Labour's National Executive Committee, and Luisa Porritt, former Liberal Democrat member of the European Parliament. Hosted by Yuan Potts and James Woolcock. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The election has pushed the main political parties to join TikTok, but they're taking different strategies in their videos for the platform. We discuss how and why they're doing it with digital media expert Tim Gatt of Tiga Consultancy. Hosted by Stephen Carroll and James Woolcock. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.