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Oct 26, 2021 · 6 min
Covid 19: Leaked documents reveal £18billion cost of Plan B
New leaked documents show the cost of rolling out the government’s proposed ‘Plan B’ for tackling coronavirus could reach up to £18billion.The files, leaked to Politico London Playbook show the cost to the economy could be between £11billion and £18bil...
Oct 25, 2021 · 6 min
London’s ULEZ expansion: Why is it needed?
Ross Phillips from the not-for-profit group the Cross River Partnership discusses the new ULEZ expansion in the city, how it works, why it’s needed, and how Londoners can live with it. The city’s pollution charge zone officially became 18 times bigger ...
Oct 22, 2021 · 7 min
Inside Chernobyl: Robodogs decommission nuclear tomb
Thirty-five years after world’s worst nuclear disaster
Oct 21, 2021 · 10 min
Covid: how can we stop its winter advance?
A possible 100,000 Covid cases a day - that was the warning from Health Secretary Sajid Javid. It’s looking like another difficult winter for Londoners going about our working lives, and we know how those everyday tasks become logistical challenges - n...
Oct 20, 2021 · 9 min
Do we need a Plan B to beat a Covid Christmas?
Winter is coming...and as the nights draw in there’s a warning from our recent past - could we see Covid cases overwhelm hospital beds, and should we ride it out or batten down the hatches once more? As Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng rule...
Oct 19, 2021 · 5 min
Gas boiler ban: are you tempted by a £5,000 heat pump grant?
Heat pumps and electric cars...it’s all part of a £1 billion vision meant to help us reach carbon “net zero”. With all eyes on Britain ahead of Cop26 kicking off in a few weeks, the Government’s been laying out its eco hopes for the future.So is today...
Oct 18, 2021 · 5 min
Should every politician have a bodyguard?
As anti-terror police question the suspect in the killing of Sir David Amess, MPs hold a minute’s silence in the Commons for their fallen colleague. So just how safe are Parliamentarians to go about their constituency business, and when does online hat...
Oct 15, 2021 · 7 min
Hello... It's Adele
After six long years Adele is back with new music Easy On Me. We speak to the Evening Standard’s Celebrity Correspondent Lizzie Edmonds about the megastar’s return to the spotlight. Adele’s hotly anticipated album 30 is out next month, we disc...
Oct 14, 2021 · 5 min
Is Prince William right about billionaire space race waste?
The Duke of Cambridge wants the likes of Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk to focus on saving this planet rather than trying to reach the next. Is he right? We talk it over with physical geographer Dr Eloise Marais from University College Londo...
Oct 13, 2021 · 6 min
Brexit: What’s being renegotiated and can the UK be trusted?
The Evening Standard’s Jack Kessler joins us to explain what’s been renegotiated between the UK and the EU over Brexit. The European Union’s relaxing rules on checks for goods like chilled meats going into Northern Ireland, which the UK says are causin...
Oct 12, 2021 · 7 min
Jesy Nelson and the ‘blackfishing’ row: Does the showbiz industry have a problem?
Evening Standard columnist Emma Loffhagen joins the podcast as former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson’s forced to deny claims she’s appropriating black culture. The ‘Boyz’ singer’s not the first person in the entertainment industry to be accused of “blac...
Oct 11, 2021 · 7 min
Salt Bae: The man, the myth and is his London restaurant worth it?
The Evening Standard’s Reveller editor, David Ellis, joins us to discuss Salt Bae’s new restaurant in Knightsbridge, which serves a steak for £840 and a cappuccino for a bargain £50. Nusr-Et’s been slammed by critics, including our own Jimi Famurewa, b...
Oct 8, 2021 · 8 min
Foreign holidays are back: new rules explained and advice on booking
Thousands of people have been flocking to travel agents and airlines after the UK government lifted red list restrictions on all but seven countries. We speak to our political editor Nicholas Cecil who tells us that one travel agent says enquiries are ...
Oct 7, 2021 · 5 min
The cost of living's about to rocket and this is why
The Evening Standard's associate editor Jonathan Prynn joins the show to explain why the cost of living in the UK's apparently about to rise by a huge amount. Energy companies are warning of big price increases next year as the whole...
Oct 6, 2021 · 8 min
Boris Johnson’s big speech: Was it any good?
From Manchester, the Evening Standard’s David Bond analyses Boris Johnson’s key speech to the Conservative party conference. Hosted by Jack Kessler, we look at the policies (or lack of), the jokes and ask whether Starmer or Johnson had the better week?
Oct 5, 2021 · 8 min
How will the Sarah Everard Inquiry be held and will it be enough?
Home Secretary Priti Patel's announced a major new inquiry into the murder of Sarah Everard. A two-part investigation will examine the issues raised by the conviction of “monster” Pc Wayne Couzens for her kidnap, rape and killing. But critics are ...
Oct 4, 2021 · 8 min
Insulate Britain & the fuel crisis: London's motoring misery
The Evening Standard's associate editor, Jonathan Prynn, joins us to look at the continuing problems for commuters and vehicle drivers around London. Insulate Britain protesters targeted the capital hitting for main routes in the the city...
Oct 1, 2021 · 19 min
No Time To Die: How James Bond fought the ‘streamer wars’ and won
The latest James Bond Movie, No Time to Die, looks set to be an enormous box office hit with £5 million of tickets sold for its first weekend in the UK. It’s not been released internationally yet. But during a two year long delay for the movie’s releas...
Sep 30, 2021 · 10 min
Sarah Everard: Does the entire justice system need an overhaul?
The murderer of Sarah Everard has been given a whole life sentence. Wayne Couzens will die in jail. But does that make women feel any safer? We speak to barrister and campaigner Dr Charlotte Proudman who tells us the entire justice system needs revampe...
Sep 29, 2021 · 6 min
What's the fuel crisis putting at risk this Christmas, from turkeys to toys?
With Boris Johnson promising to save Christmas for the second year running, we look at what the fuel crisis is actually putting at risk this festive season. Will there be enough turkey to go round? What about toys? Jace Tyrell, Chief executive of the N...