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May 5, 2021 · 10 min
London Mayor election: The difference a year made
Our City Hall editor Ross Lydall tells us how a delay to the London mayoral election has affected the vote. The public’s going to the polls tomorrow, a year after the pandemic forced the ballots to be closed.Ross says candidates like independent Rory ...
May 4, 2021 · 7 min
How violent crime’s hurting Sadiq Khan’s mayoral election lead
Our City Hall editor Ross Lydall joins the podcast to discuss the Evening Standard’s third and final poll of voting intentions in the London mayoral election. The Opinium survey shows Mr Khan on 48 per cent, down three points on last month, an...
Apr 30, 2021 · 7 min
How to spend £200k on your (Downing Street) flat refurb
Features writer Katie Strick’s been looking at how the redecoration of 11 Downing Street by Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds reportedly hit the £200,000 mark.She reveals the costs of hiring one of London’s top interior designers, L...
Apr 29, 2021 · 7 min
Kate: 10 years of being a Royal
Evening Standard columnist, Anne McElvoy takes us through the changing role of the Duchess of Cambridge as we mark the 10th anniversary of her fairy tale wedding to Prince William. Has royal life turned out the way Kate Middleton want...
Apr 28, 2021 · 9 min
Why Boris Johnson’s flat refurbishment is being investigated
Our political editor Joe Murphy tells us why the Electoral Commission’s launched a “bombshell” investigation into the redecoration of 11 Downing Street. The watchdog says it’s “now satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an...
Apr 27, 2021 · 8 min
Why is Boris Johnson so broke?
Susannah Butter joins the podcast to look at Boris Johnson’s finances. As the cost of the Prime Minister’s flat refurbishment comes under scrutiny - why can’t he afford to pay for it? We learn how the UK PM’s salary is much lower than some other countr...
Apr 26, 2021 · 8 min
Another anti-knife crime operation in London, will this one work?
Scotland Yard’s launching Operation Sceptre in another attempt to tackle London’s horrific knife crime problem.The Evening Standard’s John Dunne details how it will use technology, like knife detectors at train stations, as well as sending officers ...
Apr 23, 2021 · 11 min
Who has the PM’s mobile number? And the countries you may be able to fly to this summer
Deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil discusses the Downing Street lobbying row that won’t go away. One of the government’s own ministers, Caroline Dinenage, revealed she doesn’t have Boris Johnson’s mobile phone number, saying it’s not given out “wil...
Apr 22, 2021 · 12 min
London Mayor Election: A day of Battle Busses and Bunnyhops
The Evening Standard’s City Hall editor Ross Lydall joins the podcast with two weeks to go until London hits the ballot box for the mayoral election. He’s been speaking to both Sadiq Khan and Shaun Bailey who have been campaigning in the city, with the...
Apr 21, 2021 · 4 min
The Queen’s 95th birthday: a unique occasion for the Royal family
The Queen has thanked people around the world for their “support and kindness” following the death of Prince Philip as she marked her first birthday without her “strength and stay”. In a statement the monarch, who turned 95, said that the Royal Family ...
Apr 20, 2021 · 7 min
£15bn: Is that the real cost of getting Generation Covid's education back on track?
Children are returning to school following the Easter break, following a long stretch of being taught at home. For some families, those lockdown kitchen classrooms became quite chaotic, and there are concerns the upheaval left a student generation behi...
Apr 19, 2021 · 8 min
Will London’s WFH boom be over by Christmas?
Are you among the legions of employees who have spent this pandemic year wedged in a spare bedroom or camped out with your laptop at the kitchen table? The Office for National Statistics kicks off this week with research showing that nearly half of Lon...
Apr 16, 2021 · 9 min
Why Prince Philip’s funeral is “exactly what he wanted”
Prince Philip’s biographer, Philip Eade, joins the show to discuss the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral at Windsor Castle. He tells us the stripped back event is “exactly the sort of funeral he would have chosen for himself,” with a guest list strictly limi...
Apr 15, 2021 · 7 min
What does London really think of Covid passports?
Health editor Ross Lydall explains the results of an exclusive poll for the Evening Standard showing London would support controversial Covid passports if they meant being able to go out again. Some 67 per cent say they would personally take them up, b...
Apr 14, 2021 · 6 min
How London’s fighting the South African Covid mutation
The Evening Standard’s health editor Ross Lydall explains what the South African variant of coronavirus is and how the capital’s battling to contain it. Residents in a “targeted area” within SE16 in Southwark are being urged to get a test after a case ...
Apr 13, 2021 · 5 min
Who’s next in line for the Covid vaccine?
With over-50s and priority groups all offered the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the government is now rolling out the jab to other groups. Our deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil tells us who’s going to be next, and also tells us how the debu...
Apr 12, 2021 · 13 min
London’s unlocking: What does it mean and where can you go?
Recorded in the beer gardens of Walthamstow’s Orford Road, this special edition of the Leader looks at the impact of lifting some lockdown restrictions on the hospitality industry. Chief food critic Jimi Famuwera joins the show to talk about the relief...
Apr 9, 2021 · 8 min
Prince Philip: How he won the heart of the nation
The Evening Standard’s royal editor, Robert Jobson, joins the podcast to talk about the life and legacy of Prince Philip, who has died at the age of 99. Robert discusses the Duke of Edinburgh’s role in modernising the monarchy, and his importance to th...
Apr 8, 2021 · 6 min
AstraZeneca: What are experts saying about blood clots and the vaccine?
Our deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil is on the show after the Evening Standard spoke to a leading expert on vaccinations, following concerns the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab could cause blood clots in very rare cases. Professor Adam Finn says ...
Apr 7, 2021 · 6 min
If you want an al fresco table in London, you’d better book one quickly
The Evening Standard’s Jonathan Prynn joins the podcast as restaurant groups report an enormous demand for al fresco tables. One, the Incipio Group, says it’s taken more than 300,000 bookings for post-April 12, and some of its venues are close to havin...