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Kemi Badenoch's attack on Reform UK was all about character and her attack on Labour was all about economics. In her speech at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, she said she would to scrap inheritance tax on family homes and that under a Conservative government, couples would be able to leave an extra £1m inheritance tax free to their children. Badenoch was withering about Nigel Farage and Reform UK, saying: "The circus goes on and on and it will never stop because this is who Reform are — so to those who say ‘unite the right’, we are not uniting with that.” This week's episode of The State of It looks at the Conservatives' electoral strategy, their prospects — especially compared with a year ago — and the vibes among their MPs.
Guests:
Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson
Executive producer: Molly Guinness
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Tomorrow sees the Greens and Labour battle it out for control of Holborn and St. Pancras, following Keir Starmer’s resignation as the constituency’s MP last month. The stakes are particularly high for the Green candidate and leader Zack Polanski, who wants to prove his party can be a viable alternative to Labour on the left. But what are voters on the ground thinking? We head up to North London to find out.
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Guests:
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Harry Stott.
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Read more: What do voters in Holborn & St Pancras think of Zack Polanski?
Further listening: Has Farage’s Clacton by-election backfired?
Clips: ITV, LAFAGARI Media / Facebook.
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Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap election, after losing a key vote on his housing reforms. Protests have been rocking the country since an 87-year-old woman was evicted on a stretcher. Sánchez is gambling that he can leverage the national fury to strengthen his party’s position, but could it backfire?
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Guest: David Sharrock, Madrid correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Paige Reynolds, Olivia Case
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Read more: Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez: I am calling an early election
Clips: The Guardian, ABC News, BBC, France 24, Democracy Now, BBC, CBS News, Deutsche Welle
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A Sunday Times investigation has found England is in an overprescribing epidemic. Adverse reactions to cocktails of medicines are sending a thousand older people to A&E every day, potentially causing deaths, and costing the NHS billions. So how was this overlooked for so long? And can an already overstretched and underfunded NHS fix the problem?
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Guests:
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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Read more: Dad died after a fall. Was his prescription of 10 drugs to blame?
Further listening: The neuroscientists reconsidering near-death experiences
Photo: John and Angela Lees and family.
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When Times reporter Sasha Nugara fell for a charismatic musician she met online, she didn’t imagine she would end up in a coercive relationship. But love bombing quickly soured into manipulation and violence, and Sasha decided to break free – and seek justice.
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Read by: Sasha Nugara, property reporter and columnist, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Producers: Paige Reynolds, Micaela Arneson.
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Read more: I’m 26. I never imagined I would be the victim of domestic abuse
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes is one of the world’s greatest living explorers. After he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2020, he continued to speak publicly about his career and illness. That is, until 2024. Since then, he hasn’t been seen publicly, and many of those closest to him haven’t been able to reach him. So what is happening with Fiennes?
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Guests:
Host: Luke Jones
Producer: Robyn Simon
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Read more: Ranulph Fiennes ‘back home’ after living in care under assumed names
Clips: CNN, Chartwell Speakers, BBC.
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In one of the biggest scandals in English football history, Manchester City football club was found guilty this week on all charges of serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules. So how did we get here? What will happen to Man City, and what does the scandal mean for the future of English football?
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Guest: Martyn Ziegler, chief sports reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Micaela Arneson, Harry Stott.
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Read more: Manchester City verdict: what happens next?
Further listening: The man who revealed Infantino’s world cup disaster
Clips: BBC, Sky, talkSPORT, ITV, @LouietheReporter via YouTube, ITN.
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The energy price cap goes up again today by 4% – but more pain is around the corner, with forecasts yesterday suggesting a further 16% rise in the new year. Why are UK energy prices, particularly electricity, much more expensive than the US and even most European countries? And while Andy Burnham is promising radical plans to bring them down, will this be enough?
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Guest: Tom Whipple, science writer and special correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Harry Stott.
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Read more: Why does the UK have the most expensive energy in Europe?
Further listening: Does Britain have an energy security problem?
Clips: DWS News, Sky News, ITV, Channel 4, Martin Lewis Youtube.
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Christa Pike is set to be executed today, making her the first woman to be put to death in Tennessee in 200 years. Ahead of the execution, Pike has spoken with The Times about her regrets, her fears, and what it’s been like awaiting her final hours. Thirty years on from her trial, she wonders, would she have gotten the same sentence in 2026?
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence, murder, and sexual abuse.
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Guest: Olivia Empson, US correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Sophie McNulty, Micaela Arneson.
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Read more: Christa Pike: ‘I have a kinship with Lindsay Clancy’
Further listening: He went to jail for exposing America’s darkest 9/11 secret. Should Trump pardon him?
Clips: WBIR, Times Radio, PBS, CBS, VICE News.
Photo: Tennessee Department of Corrections/Reuters.
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The Labour party is jubilant. Andy Burnham has fired the starting gun for the next general election with one of the most consequential conference speeches in recent memory. Burnham used the speech to set out a series of major proposals, including an end to the triple lock, the abolition of first-past-the-post and closer ties with Europe. At the heart of his national project is a care service free at the point of use. Burnham has set out his vision which promises to put Britain on a different road. But can he persuade the country to buy it?
Guests:
Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson
Executive producer: Molly Guinness
Picture: Getty Images
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