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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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Nov 10, 2025 • 2h 31min
What should - and shouldn't - the BBC do in the future?
What should - and shouldn't - the BBC do in the future?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Green Party MP Siân Berry, Conservative peer Lord James Bethell, former Brexit Party and Conservative MEP Lucy Harris and the political commentator Matthew Stadlen.

Oct 30, 2025 • 2h 31min
Call Kemi: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch takes your calls
Call Kemi: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch takes calls from LBC listeners.The former Cabinet minister Sir Vince Cable also takes calls, on his new book about growing Chinese and Indian economic and political power.

Oct 29, 2025 • 2h 30min
Is putting taxes up just a coward's way out?
If the Chancellor raises taxes in next month's Budget, is this just a coward's way out?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Chris Murray from Labour and Greg Smith from the Conservatives, writer and comedian Timandra Harkness and LBC's political correspondent Aggie Chambré.

Oct 28, 2025 • 2h 30min
What role should the UK play in helping Jamaica recover from Hurricane Melissa?
What role should the UK play in helping Jamaica recover from the damage which Hurricane Melissa will cause?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative Shadow Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho, Labour MP Peter Swallow, the Good Growth Foundation's Theresa Bischoff and the Free Speech Union's Connie Shaw.

Oct 27, 2025 • 2h 30min
Who do you blame for the prisons chaos over the weekend?
Who do you blame for the prisons chaos over the weekend, which saw the Epping asylum seeker sex offender wrongly released?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper, Conservative Shadow Defence Minister Mark Francois, the LabourList website editor Emma Burnell and the entrepreneur and commentator Jamila Robertson.

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.


