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A lump of coal for Waspi women?

Political Currency

19-12-2024 • 57 mins

David Cameron is revealed as our very special guest on Inside No 10: David Cameron - The First Six Months, out 30th December.


Follow us wherever you get your podcasts to make sure you don’t miss this incredible conversation about what it really takes to run the government.


📺: Watch the trailer now!


Plus: An alleged spy scandal that reportedly ensnared Prince Andrew has Ed Balls and George Osborne asking: is it as bad as it looks? Isn’t spying – which the Chinese national in question strongly denies he was doing – just a fact of life? We consider how to balance counterespionage with attempts to build a stronger economic relationship with China.


Meanwhile, with 2024 drawing to a close, we review the party leaders’ performance. How worried should Keir Starmer be about the polls? Has he made a rod for his own back in handling the WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) compensation matter? And how’s Kemi Badenoch doing in her new role as Tory leader?


And George and Ed hand out their awards for the political highs and lows of the year. Who had the worst speech? Whose was the best? And we review the most memorable moments of 2024, for both the right and the wrong reasons…



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Production support: Caillin McDaid

Producers: Miriam Hall, James Shield and Rosie Stopher

Executive Producer: Ellie Clifford


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