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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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Apr 3, 2025 • 2h 28min
Do Trump's tariffs prove Brexiteers right?
Do Trump's tariffs prove Brexiteers right?Plus, journalist Ash Sarkar takes your calls on her new book.

Apr 2, 2025 • 2h 31min
Trump hits UK with 10% tariff!
Trump hits UK with 10% tariff!Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Rachel Taylor, Conservative peer Lord Jackson, barrister and commentator Hashi Mohamed and the FT's Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher.

Apr 1, 2025 • 2h 29min
Should the PM fight back against Trump's tariffs?
Should the PM fight back against Trump's tariffs?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Satvir Kaur, Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale, The Spectator's William Atkinson and satirist Aid Thompsin.

Mar 31, 2025 • 2h 32min
Will Marine Le Pen's conviction help her cause?
Will Marine Le Pen's conviction help her cause?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Wales secretary and Labour MP Jo Stevens, former Tory MP Mark Field, political commentator Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and Christian Calgie from the Express.

Mar 26, 2025 • 2h 27min
Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks exclusively to Iain following her Spring Statement
Iain sits down with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves inside her Downing Street office for an exclusive interview, following her Spring Statement.Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservatives' Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Richard Fuller, Labour MP and Treasury Select Committee chair Dame Meg Hillier, Bloomberg economics journalist Stephanie Flanders and the businessman and markets commentator David Buik.

Mar 25, 2025 • 2h 27min
Do the rich pay enough tax?
Do the rich pay enough tax?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP who was in Corbyn's shadow cabinet Richard Burgon, Conservative MP and shadow foreign minister Wendy Morton, former Scottish Labour leader turned academic Kezia Dugdale and political comms strategist and former Boris Johnson adviser Jo Tanner.

Mar 20, 2025 • 2h 29min
Has Labour forgotten its roots?
Has Labour forgotten its roots?

Mar 19, 2025 • 2h 28min
How should the UK react as Israel breaks the Gaza ceasefire?
How should the UK react as Israel breaks the Gaza ceasefire?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Conservative MP George Freeman, social mobility campaigner and former Tory cabinet minister Justine Greening and political commentator and former adviser to Labour MPs Matthew Torbitt.

Mar 18, 2025 • 2h 27min
Will Trump trust Putin?
Will Trump trust Putin?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Dr Luke Evans, Labour MP Rachael Maskell, Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges and broadcaster Edward Adoo.

Mar 17, 2025 • 2h 28min
Should the government 'clamp down' on benefits?
Should the government 'clamp down' on benefits?