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Always punchy, always opinionated, you can find Iain Dale in the Evening live on LBC Monday to Thursday from 7pm. Cross Question, LBC's political panel debate show, features from Monday to Wednesday. On Thursday, a phone-in with top guests from the world of politics, academia, media and entertainment.
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Oct 22, 2025 • 2h 29min
Would you support seeing knife arches in all schools? How else should youth violence be tackled?
Would you support seeing knife arches in all schools? How else should youth violence be tackled?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the climate policy campaigner Scarlett Westbrook, the former Conservative minister Paul Scully, Labour MP Sarah Smith and the political commentator and strategist Matthew Lesh.

Oct 21, 2025 • 2h 32min
Would you support the state pension triple lock being scrapped?
Would you support the state pension triple lock being scrapped?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Conservative peer Baroness Rachel Maclean, Labour MP Calvin Bailey, the economist Liam Halligan and the podcaster Jemma Forte.

Oct 20, 2025 • 2h 30min
Should the government now change the law to force Prince Andrew out of the royal family entirely?
Should the government now change the law to force Prince Andrew out of the royal family entirely?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the drag artist Colin Seymour (a.k.a. 'Crystal'), Conservative peer Lord Gavin Barwell, former UKIP deputy chairman Suzanne Evans and Liberal Democrat MP Joshua Reynolds.

Oct 16, 2025 • 2h 28min
If you were Chancellor, whose taxes would you want to put up?
If you were Chancellor, whose taxes would you want to put up?The chair and deputy chair of police officers' representative body, the Police Federation of England and Wales, take LBC listeners' calls.

Oct 15, 2025 • 2h 30min
Why is the Chancellor only now blaming Brexit for Britain's economic woes?
Why is the Chancellor only now blaming Brexit for Britain's economic woes?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour's Immigration Minister Mike Tapp, Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, The Spectator's Lara Brown and the New Statesman's Oli Dugmore.

Oct 14, 2025 • 2h 31min
What should happen to the asylum seeker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage?
What should happen to the asylum seeker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are 'The Black Farmer' Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, Labour Tonia Antoniazzi, Green Party House of Commons leader Dr Ellie Chowns and the Conservative peer and political strategist Lord Matthew Elliott.

Oct 13, 2025 • 2h 31min
What needs to be done to make the peace in Gaza last into the long-term?
What needs to be done to make the peace in Gaza last into the long-term?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative Shadow Scotland Secretary Andrew Bowie, Labour MP Tom Hayes, journalist Rebecca Reid and LBC's own Political Editor Natasha Clark.

Oct 9, 2025 • 2h 30min
Are you optimistic about peace in the Middle East?
Are you optimistic about peace in the Middle East?

Oct 8, 2025 • 2h 31min
Do moves like wanting to abolish stamp duty make the Conservatives sound more appealing again?
Do moves like wanting to abolish stamp duty make the Conservatives sound more appealing again?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question is the former Home Secretary Amber Rudd, the Labour London Assembly member Leonie Cooper, the campaigner Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and the economist Dr Linda Yueh.

Oct 7, 2025 • 2h 30min
Has Robert Jenrick stoked racial tensions by calling out a community's ethnic make-up?
Has Robert Jenrick stoked racial tensions by calling out a community's ethnic make-up?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the political commentator and ConservativeHome founder Tim Montgomerie, Tory MP Joe Robertson and the campaigner Albie Amankona.


