Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, we're discussing the May local elections and weighing up the chances of all the main parties including Labour, Green, Conservative, Reform and the Lib Dems, as well as the SNP and Plaid Cymru in Scotland and Wales, respectively.

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00:00 – Introduction

01:01 – When are the local elections and why are they important?

03:31 – What are Labour's chances in the local elections?

04:48 – How will the Tories fare?

06:09 – Will Reform’s success at the polls be reflected in the elections?

09:17 – Will the Greens continue with their success?

11:22 – How will the Lib Dems affect things?

13:44 – Will wins for the SNP and Plaid Cymru signify the end of United Kingdom?

16:43 – Are we looking at the end of the two-party system in the UK?

19:28 – Will there be a Labour leadership contest after 7 May?

25:33 – What does all the mean for the cost of living crisis?

26:37 – Bluffer’s guide

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Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. For our returning episode, and our first in four and half years, we're talking about one of the most important subjects in UK politics right now – the Iran war. Join Kevin Schofield and Kate Nicholson as they dive deep into how the war is having a knock-on effect on the UK’s cost of living already, how it's impacting the UK-US special relationship and whether it's also reshaping other international alliances and existing wars, like Ukraine.

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00:00 – Introduction

04:11 – How did we get here?

10:08 – What does the Strait of Hormuz have to do with things?

13:37 – Trump and NATO

17:36 – Will the Gulf countries become more pro-Ukraine?

21:32 – Will the King's state visit go ahead?

23:30 – The knock-on effect on the UK cost of living

26:47 – How long is the war going to last?

30:57 – Will any countries join the war?

35:02 – Bluffer's guide

36:30 – Outro

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Boris Johnson has taken the biggest gamble of his premiership with a National Insurance hike to fund the NHS and social care.

Labour's leader in the Lords Angela Smith joins Ned Simons, Sophia Sleigh and Paul Waugh to chat through Tory tax rises and where Labour's at ahead of its party conference

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