Even the Home Secretary Suella Braverman admitted there were questions over the legality of the tough new legislation introduced in the House of Commons this week. Others criticised it for being inhumane. We discuss the language and strategy of the policy and ask, is it workable? Plus, the UK-France summit in Paris shines a spotlight on the warmth between Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron and the two countries’ post-Brexit relationship.
Presented by George Parker, with deputy opinion editor Miranda Green, political correspondent Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe, Paris bureau chief Leila Aboud and special guest former UK ambassador to France Lord Peter Ricketts. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Persis Love. The sound engineer was Breen Turner
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Winter of discontent
Sunak’s short honeymoon
Jeremy Hunt’s sombre Autumn Statement
Farewell Sir Gavin, for the third time
Pressure grows on the home secretary?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
How the stopwatch began on Truss’ time in Downing Street
A new chancellor and another U-turn for Truss
Truss vs the ‘anti-growth’ coalition
Kwasi Kwarteng’s market meltdown
The gamble for growth
King Charles III begins his reign
In memory of Queen Elizabeth II
Truss’s glide path to Number 10
Struggling with the energy crisis
Liz Truss pulls even further ahead
Tory leadership race: And the heat goes on
Liz Truss targets the Treasury
Truss pulls ahead
Head-to-head - Sunak and Truss fight it out to be Tory leader and PM
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