Politics Unpacked

It's the interview that caused Liz Truss's major headache on day 3 of Tory Party Conference. Matt Chorley speaks to Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt who says she hopes benefits will rise in line with inflation, a commitment the Prime Minister has not made.AND earlier this week Mordaunt joked about the bad communications strategy over the mini-budget, so Matt also convenes a crack team of government comms experts to advise on how the government can improve.PLUS: James Forsyth and David Aaronovitch on all the chaos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Gove has been a government minister for the majority of the last decade but now he's heading back to the backbenches. He tells Matt Chorley what he thinks of the government's decision to abandon its plans to abolish the top 45p rate of tax, and even plays the quiz.PLUS: Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester discuss another difficult morning for the government Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Venetia Menzies, Data Journalist at the Times and Sunday Times takes Matt Chorley through baby name statistics. Find out which names are the most popular and which have fallen out of favour, and what happens when your name is the same is a frontline politician.PLUS: James Forsyth and Melanie Reid discuss where the Tories go next after that extraordinary poll for The Times put Labour 33 points ahead.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Description: Matt Chorley and The Times' Political Editor Steve Swinford reveal what Conservative MPs really think about the Chancellor's budget and the economic crisis.PLUS: Highlight's from Liz Truss' difficult series of interviews on local BBC radio stations.AND: Carol Lewis and James Marriott on property and the middle classes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire go through the Labour leader’s speech to the conference in Liverpool and whether this was his best one yet. PLUS Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton on economic meltdown and memoirs.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley sits down with the Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner. They discuss everything from Labour leadership, why Keir Starmer is a morning person and she isn't and why she wants to have slippery nipple shots with Therese Coffey.PLUS Finkelvitch, Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch on Labour values and the call of office. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the Labour leader prepares to take the stage at the conference in Liverpool, Matt Chorley and Henry Zeffman rack through their contacts to find out how shadow ministers and aides think of him now. Former spinner for Sadiq Khan, Paddy Hennessey and former advisor for Keir Starmer, Ben Nunn also join Matt to discuss what the Labour leader needs to do now to win at the next election.PLUS Rachel Sylvester and John Stevens discuss the pound falling and the Italy elections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's get Fiscal. Matt Chorley dives into the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's fiscal statement and what it all means with the Times' Political Editor Steven Swinford and experts from the Institute of Economic Affairs, Institute of Directors, Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Resolution Foundation.Melanie Reid and James Forsyth also react and discuss the fiscal event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Therese Coffey made her first big announcement as Deputy Prime Minister in the Commons today. With archive and new interviews, Matt Chorley hears from people who have held that role in both an official and unofficial sense, including Michael Heseltine, Nick Clegg, Peter Mandelson and David Lidington to find out how it works. PLUS: James Marriott and Patrick Kidd on anxiety, imposter syndrome and pot noodles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley heads to the four corners of the UK to speak to local reporters from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland about what is making the headlines there. The quest to find the UK's most fun country continues...PLUS:Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss two wars - nuclear and class.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.