Politics Live

Season 2018

Jo Coburn and a panel of guests discuss the big issues of the day in politics from Westminster and beyond. With Andrew Neil presenting an extended edition on Wednesdays featuring live PMQs.

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75 Episodes

  • 03/09/2018
    E1
    03/09/2018Jo Coburn is joined for the first ever Politics Live by former home secretary Amber Rudd and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry.
  • 04/09/2018
    E2
    04/09/2018Jo Coburn and panel discuss the big issues of the day.
  • 05/09/2018
    E3
    05/09/2018
  • 06/09/2018
    E4
    06/09/2018Jo Coburn is joined by the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, to discuss Labour's plans for the economy, the damning New York Times piece on Donald Trump and the latest on the Salisbury Novichok poisoning.
  • 07/09/2018
    E5
    07/09/2018Jo Coburn is joined by the author Jack Monroe, Conservative MP Stephen Crabb, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson and the Spectator's Isabel Hardman.
  • 10/09/2018
    E6
    10/09/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Lord Mandelson, Conservative MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Ellie Mae O'Hagan, Jack Blanchard, and the BBC's Adam Fleming to discuss Brexit and the tensions within the two largest parties.
  • 11/09/2018
    E7
    11/09/2018Conservative MP Bim Afolami, Labour's Caroline Flint, anti-Brexit campaigner Lara Spirit and Danny Lockwood, editor of The Press newspaper, join Jo Coburn to discuss police funding and Labour's new policy on the gig economy. Plus Rizzle Kicks singer Jordan Stephens.
  • 12/09/2018
    E8
    12/09/2018
  • 13/09/2018
    E9
    13/09/2018Aaron Bastani from Novara Media, social activist Nimco Ali and former Labour adviser Ayesha Hazarika join Jo Coburn, along with Matt Chorley from The Times and Vote Leave campaigner Harsimrat Kaur to discuss 'no-deal' Brexit preparations and Labour's new migration policy.
  • 14/09/2018
    E10
    14/09/2018Lord Finkelstein, Lord Adonis, Steve Edgington and the Katy Balls join Jo Coburn to talk about the Church of England's shares in Amazon, and the latest on Brexit.
  • 17/09/2018
    E11
    17/09/2018Jo Coburn discusses the day's political news with the Conservative Party deputy chairman James Cleverly, Labour MP Stella Creasy, Peter Hitchens of the Mail on Sunday, former Liberal Democrat adviser and Financial Times journalist Miranda Green and the comedian Grainne Maguire.
  • 18/09/2018
    E12
    18/09/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Nick Clegg, Gisela Stuart, Michael Segalov and Kate McCann. They look at the Liberal Democrat conference and discuss if there should be a second Brexit vote.
  • 19/09/2018
    E13
    19/09/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Kit Malthouse, Sian Berry, Marvin Rees, Jess Brammar and Katie Perrior to discuss funding for new homes and the EU leaders summit in Salzburg.
  • 20/09/2018
    E14
    20/09/2018Andrew Neil is joined by Jacob Rees-Mogg, Rachel Sylvester, Alastair Campbell and Claire Fox. They discuss the EU meeting in Salzburg.
  • 21/09/2018
    E15
    21/09/2018Politics Live is taken over by the Brexitcast programme today. Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Katya Adler are live on the programme from locations across Europe.
  • 24/09/2018
    E16
    24/09/2018Jo Coburn speaks to Unite head Len McCluskey and presents live coverage of shadow chancellor John McDonell's speech from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
  • 25/09/2018
    E17
    25/09/2018Jo Coburn presents live coverage of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
  • 26/09/2018
    E18
    26/09/2018Jo Coburn presents live coverage of Jeremy Corbyn's leader's speech from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
  • 27/09/2018
    E19
    27/09/2018Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and Conservative MP Ken Clarke join Andrew Neil, along with Camilla Tominey from the Telegraph and Labour's Rupa Huq.
  • 28/09/2018
    E20
    28/09/2018Jo Coburn and guests including Paul Scully, Rachel Johnson, Matt Zarb-Cousin, Sophia Gaston and Peter Tatchell discuss the big political issues of the day.
  • 01/10/2018
    E21
    01/10/2018Jo Coburn presents live coverage of the chancellor's speech from the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
  • 02/10/2018
    E22
    02/10/2018Jo Coburn presents live coverage of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, where Boris Johnson will make a speech. She is joined by Commons leader Andrea Leadsom, Conservative MPs Andrew Bridgen and Sarah Wollaston, as well as journalists Caroline Wheeler and Christian May.
  • 03/10/2018
    E23
    03/10/2018Jo Coburn is in Birmingham for the final day of the Conservative party conference. She presents full coverage of Theresa May's leader's speech and speaks to health secretary Matt Hancock.
  • 04/10/2018
    E24
    04/10/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Frances O'Grady, Helen Whately, Philip Collins and Tom Shakespeare to discuss Theresa May's conference speech and breaking the Brexit deadlock.
  • 05/10/2018
    E25
    05/10/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Baroness Helena Kennedy, George Freeman, Shakira Martin and Brendan O'Neill to look at the latest on Brexit negotiations.
  • 08/10/2018
    E26
    08/10/2018
  • 09/10/2018
    E27
    09/10/2018
  • 10/10/2018
    E28
    10/10/2018Andrew Neil is joined for Prime Minister's Questions by former Conservative chief whip Mark Harper, shadow treasury minister Anneliese Dodds and BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
  • 11/10/2018
    E29
    11/10/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Helen Grant, Lord Falconer, Trevor Phillips and Ella Whelan to look at the race disparity index, Theresa May's attempts to get a Brexit deal and John Major's criticism of Universal Credit.
  • 12/10/2018
    E30
    12/10/2018Jo Coburn is joined by guests including Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh, Ukip leader Gerard Batten and journalist Toby Young to discuss the day's politics.
  • 15/10/2018
    E31
    15/10/2018Claire Perry, Barry Gardiner, James Forsyth and Lucy Thomas join Jo Coburn to look at the latest in the Brexit negotiations and examine how to deal with climate change.
  • 16/10/2018
    E32
    16/10/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Andrea Jenkyns MP, Irish senator Neale Richmond, Lisa Nandy MP and Michael Cockerell to look at the calls for John Bercow to quit.
  • 17/10/2018
    E33
    17/10/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Liz Kendall and Tony Lloyd from Labour, Owen Paterson and Therese Coffey from the Conservatives, academic Philip Cowley and The Sun's Lynn Davidson.
  • 18/10/2018
    E34
    18/10/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Conservative MP Theresa Villiers, Femi Oluwole from Our Future Our Choice, the Telegraph's Camilla Tominey and the editor of PinkNews Ben Cohen.
  • 19/10/2018
    E35
    19/10/2018Columnist Sarah Vine, former trade negotiator Jason Hunter, Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin and writer Maya Goodfellow join Jo Coburn. They discuss the ongoing Brexit negotiations and look at the debate on transgender rights.
  • 22/10/2018
    E36
    22/10/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Heidi Allen, Gisela Stuart, Tim Montgomerie and Jonathan Freedland to look at the latest in the Brexit negotiations and discuss autism awareness training.
  • 23/10/2018
    E37
    23/10/2018Jo is joined by Amber Rudd, Layla Moran, Iain Dale and Angela Smith to discuss the latest on Brexit. Shami Chakrabarti joins the panel to look at the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
  • 24/10/2018
    E38
    24/10/2018Andrew Neil is joined by Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Chuka Umunna, Melanie Phillips and Polly Toynbee to discuss Theresa May's position, no-deal Brexit and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
  • 25/10/2018
    E39
    25/10/2018Shadow minister Chi Onwurah, Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, the New Statesman's Anoosh Chakelian and academic Matthew Goodwin join Jo Coburn throughout the programme. They look at the government's proposal to end austerity, get the latest in the Brexit negotiations and examine the rise of populism.
  • 26/10/2018
    E40
    26/10/2018
  • 30/10/2018
    E41
    30/10/2018Conservative MP and Treasury aide Kwasi Kwarteng and shadow housing minister Sarah Jones join Jo Coburn along with comedian and columnist Ayesha Hazarika and former head of the CBI, Digby Jones to discuss the Budget.
  • 31/10/2018
    E42
    31/10/2018Andrew Neil and guests discuss the big political issues of the day. Includes live coverage of Prime Minister's Questions from midday.
  • 01/11/2018
    E43
    01/11/2018Jo Coburn discusses the big political issues of the day with Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson, cabinet office minister Oliver Dowden, Brexit campaigner Suzanne Evans and the SNP's Kirsty Blackman.
  • 02/11/2018
    E44
    02/11/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Guardian columnist Owen Jones, political commentator Jane Merrick, editor of Spiked Online Brendan O'Neill and Katy Balls of The Spectator.
  • 05/11/2018
    E45
    05/11/2018Jo Coburn, Jonathan Ashworth, Gillian Keegan, Michael Lewis and Sophie Jarvis look at the the NHS, American mid-term elections and the impact of new technologies on politics.
  • 06/11/2018
    E46
    06/11/2018Jo Coburn, Andy Street, Alison McGovern, Grace Blakeley and Liam Halligan discuss information commissioner Elizabeth Denham's appearance before the Commons culture committee.
  • 12/11/2018
    E47
    12/11/2018Former Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps and Brexit Select Committee chair Hilary Benn join Jo Coburn along with the Guardian's deputy political editor Pippa Crerar and Spiked columnist Ella Whelan to discuss Brexit. Also, Oxford historian Peter Frankopan on global power shifting to the east.
  • 13/11/2018
    E48
    13/11/2018Jo Coburn is live in Westminster with Conservative MP Anna Soubry, Labour MP John Mann, Open Europe director Henry Newman and chief executive of Demos Polly Mackenzie.
  • 14/11/2018
    E49
    14/11/2018Andrew Neil is joined by Lisa Nandy, Rory Stewart, Sarah Baxter and Lucy Thomas. They discuss the prime minister's Brexit agreement. Will it be accepted by cabinet and Parliament?
  • 15/11/2018
    E50
    15/11/2018
  • 16/11/2018
    E51
    16/11/2018Jo Coburn gets reaction to the events in Westminster and looks ahead to what happens next. Guests include Brandon Lewis, Baroness Chakrabarti, Steve Baker and Alison McGovern.
  • 19/11/2018
    E52
    19/11/2018Jo Coburn is joined in Westminster by Conservative vice-chair Chris Skidmore MP, Labour MP Chuka Umunna, political commentator Isabel Oakeshott and chief leader writer for The Observer Sonia Sodha. The director general of the CBI, Carolyn Fairbairn, speaks to Jo from their conference in Greenwich.
  • 20/11/2018
    E53
    20/11/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Conservative MP Robert Halfon, Labour's Kate Hoey MP, The Times' Rachel Sylvester and author and journalist Afua Hirsch.
  • 21/11/2018
    E54
    21/11/2018Andrew Neil discusses the big political issues of the day. The panel includes Liz Truss, Richard Burgon, Stephen Gethins, Paul Mason, Anne McElvoy and Jonathan Haidt.
  • 22/11/2018
    E55
    22/11/2018Justine Greening, Margaret Beckett, Richard Tice and Jasmine Whitbread join Jo Coburn to discuss the latest on Brexit and how to help young people get on the property ladder.
  • 23/11/2018
    E56
    23/11/2018Jo Coburn discusses the political issues of the day with The Spectator's Fraser Nelson, Ash Sarkar from Novara Media, Politico's Jack Blanchard and Brexit campaigner Lucy Harris.
  • 26/11/2018
    E57
    26/11/2018Conservative education minister Nadhim Zahawi and Labour's shadow Brexit minister Jenny Chapman join Jo Coburn along with Stefanie Bolzen of the German newspaper Die Welt and the Daily Telegraph's Steven Swinford to discuss Brexit, the gig economy and the rise in tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
  • 27/11/2018
    E58
    27/11/2018
  • 28/11/2018
    E59
    28/11/2018Andrew Neil is joined by former cabinet minister Priti Patel, Labour MP Stephen Kinnock, shadow security minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and treasury minister Elizabeth Truss. Plus an interview with the Ukranian ambassador to the UK. Includes live coverage of prime minister's questions.
  • 29/11/2018
    E60
    29/11/2018Jo Coburn is joined by George Freeman MP, Jess Phillips MP, John Bew and Claire Fox to analyse the prime minister's appearance in front of the Commons Liaison Committee.
  • 30/11/2018
    E61
    30/11/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Matt Forde, Claire Cohen, Maya Goodfellow and Mark Wallace to discuss the increase to rail fares.
  • 03/12/2018
    E62
    03/12/2018Jo Coburn is joined by James Cleverly, Emma Reynolds, Professor Amelia Hadfield and Tom Newton Dunn to discuss whether the government should publish its legal advice on Brexit.
  • 04/12/2018
    E63
    04/12/2018Jo Coburn discusses the big political issues of the day with Johnny Mercer MP, Angela Eagle MP, Brexit campaigner Suzanne Evans and Bruno Macaes, former Portuguese Europe minister.
  • 05/12/2018
    E64
    05/12/2018Andrew Neil with live coverage of PMQs and discussion of Brexit with Jesse Norman, Barry Gardiner, Owen Paterson, Liz Kendall, Anne McElvoy and Isabel Oakeshott.
  • 06/12/2018
    E65
    06/12/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Nicky Morgan from the Conservatives, Labour's Lisa Nandy, SNP Westminster Leader Ian Blackford and Tom Harwood from the Guido Fawkes website.
  • 07/12/2018
    E66
    07/12/2018The Guardian's Simon Jenkins, former government advisor Jo Tanner, Olivia Utley from the Article and Michael Segalov from Huck magazine join Jo Coburn in the studio.
  • 10/12/2018
    E67
    10/12/2018
  • 11/12/2018
    E68
    11/12/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Conservative MP Helen Whately, Labour's Andy McDonald, Quentin Letts from the Daily Mail and the Financial Times' Miranda Green.
  • 12/12/2018
    E69
    12/12/2018Andrew Neil is joined by Liam Fox, Daniel Finkelstein, Richard Burgon, Pippa Crerar, Nadine Dorries, Grant Shapps, Heidi Allen, and Laura Kuenssberg.
  • 13/12/2018
    E70
    13/12/2018As Theresa May arrives in Brussels after surviving last night's no-confidence vote, Jo Coburn is joined from Westminster by Conservative MP Owen Paterson, Labour's Liz Kendall, economist and author Liam Halligan and the Guardian's Polly Toynbee.
  • 14/12/2018
    E71
    14/12/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Iain Dale, Faiza Shaheen, Isabel Hardman and Tom Kibasi to discuss the implications of the EU refusing to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement.
  • 17/12/2018
    E72
    17/12/2018Jo Coburn is joined by Conservative MP Vicky Ford, Labour's Rushanara Ali, Camilla Tominey from the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian's Sonia Sodha.
  • 18/12/2018
    E73
    18/12/2018Andrew Mitchell, Liz Saville Roberts, Dia Chakravarty and Owen Jones discuss the problem of rough sleeping with John Healey and Louise Casey. Jo Coburn presents.
  • 19/12/2018
    E74
    19/12/2018With 100 days to go until Brexit, Andrew Neil presents live coverage of Prime Minister's Questions and is joined by Claire Perry, Barry Gardiner, Crispin Blunt and Caroline Flint.
  • 20/12/2018
    E75
    20/12/2018Jo Coburn discusses the big issues of the day and reflects on the political year. Guests include Conservative peer and Times columnist Daniel Finkelstein, comedian Ayesha Hazarika, Telegraph leader writer Tim Stanley, economics commentator Grace Blakeley and Love Island's Zara McDermott.

 

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