Why is the Afghan data breach so unnerving? And why was Keir Starmer kept in the dark by his defence secretary?

In this episode of Talking Politics, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston discuss that plus…

• Why lessons are still to be learned from Britain's past foreign policy failings
• How Keir Starmer and Donald Trump might have approached the Blair-Bush Iraq conflict
• The US President’s changing tactics in dealing with Vladimir Putin
• Why Trump and King Charles’ differing visions for the state visit is causing Downing Street kittens

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On this episode of Talking Politics Q&A, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston dig into how moves to court Reform voters will only damage Labour.

Plus, they answer:

• Who is the Norman Tebbit of politics today?
• Is Nigel Farage's £250,000 offer to non-doms to avoid tax good politics?
• Why does standing in the Mayoral Elections cost £10,000?
• How can the Lib Dems take advantage of Labour and Tory failings?

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What are the flaws in Britain and France’s new effort to control migration and stop the boats?

Why could we all be carrying identity cards before the next election?

Plus what is the difficult economic truth that ALL politicians need to start talking about?

Tom Bradby and Robert Peston reveal all in Talking Politics…

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Another week, another public spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. This time it came after billionaire Musk announced he was launching a new party, the America Party, to challenge the Republican and Democratic "Uniparty".But what did Trump have to say about it, and will this feud ever end?

On this week's Talking Politics USA, Tom Bradby and Robert Moore discuss the bromance that’s turned into a bust-up, and where Trump goes from here. 

Also on the show, President Trump and British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are very different leaders but are the challenges they face the same and what can they learn from each other?

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WATCH the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg_6UdoB3bM 

In this Q&A special coinciding with the one-year anniversary of Labour's general election win, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston answer our audience’s questions about the party and the government, namely:

• What's Labour’s next embarrassing U-turn?
• If Starmer continues to lose the faith of his party and the country, could he be forced to call a general election?
• The latest opinion polls show Reform slipping to only 2% ahead of Labour, with the Tories 10 points behind. So, is talk of a Labour crisis exaggerated?
• Why have we seen a rebellion within Labour about welfare reforms, but nothing when it comes to the genocide in Gaza?

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On this episode of Talking Politics, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston dig into Labour’s governing woes and debate whether Sir Keir Starmer’s chancellor Rachel Reeves will pay the price.

You can catch up with the latest episode of Talking Politics on ITVX, YouTube or on your favourite podcast platform.

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Tom Bradby and Robert Peston hosted a live question and answer session as rebel Labour MPs dealt Sir Keir Starmer his biggest humiliation yet in government. The prime minister's welfare reform bill passed its second reading in the Commons in the end, but it was watered down so heavily it was barely recognisable from when it was first unveiled. So what happens now to those in receipt of personal independence payments and Universal Credit? And with the government's series of U-turns this week losing them billions of pounds of planned savings, where on earth does Chancellor Rachel Reeves look now to plug the gap? 

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You might not have heard of Zohran Mamdani, but last week he took New York by storm to win the city's Democratic primary, beating establishment figure Andrew Cuomo and put himself within touching distance of becoming the city's next mayor.
So who is he, how did he do it and why do some people view him as so controversial?

On this week's Talking Politics USA, our Washington producer Aisha Kherallah spoke with Tom Bradby about the 33 year old's remarkable rise.

Also on the show, Tom and correspondent Rachel Younger discuss a week of wins for President Trump - aka "The Daddy" - and what it might mean for his grip on power.

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WATCH the full episode here: https://youtu.be/KyZqfgQaBgE

In this Q&A special Tom Bradby and Robert Peston answer our audience’s questions, namely:

• Can you ever envisage a UK government banning the burka?
• Was anti-terror law really written to stop groups like Palestine Action?
• Is the UK legally obliged to give free accommodation to illegal migrants?
• Do disaffected Labour voters receive enough media coverage of the Lib Dems and Greens?
• Have you ever seen a politician cry?

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Has Donald Trump's approach to Iran and Israel empowered Vladimir Putin? Is Britain buying US nukes for the RAF a bad deal? And why is the government in yet another U-turn mess on welfare?

Tom Bradby and Robert Peston talk through all the key political talking points.

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On Talking Politics USA this week, Tom Bradby is joined by Robert Peston, Emma Murphy in Iraq and Dan Rivers in Washington to discuss America's strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and the potential consequences for the Middle East and the rest of the world.

The team discuss what Iran might do next, whether President Donald Trump and his administration really want regime change in Iran, and what America's actions tell us about the state of the relationship between the UK and the U.S.

Got a question for the team? Email talkingpolitics@itv.com to make sure we're talking about the issues that matter most to you.

In a special edition of Talking Politics USA, Lucy Watson is joined in the studio by Jessica Taylor, election expert and analyst for the Cook Political Report, who joined ITV News on US Election night in 2024 as Donald Trump swept to a second term in the White House. They discuss: 

• How the growing conflict in the Middle East is splitting the MAGA faithful
• What impact will Trump's popularity have on next year's midterm elections
• And the potential frontrunners to lead the Democratics and Republicans in 2028

Catch up with the latest episode of Talking Politics USA on ITVX, YouTube or on your favourite podcast platform.

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In a Talking Politics exclusive, the architect of the assisted dying bill Kim Leadbeater joins the podcast as MPs prepare for a crucial vote on the era-defining legislation.

She explains to Paul Brand why she is "positive and optimistic" a majority will support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in Friday’s defining vote.

And while Health Correspondent Rebecca Barry outlines the concerns from sections of the medical community - and the many unknowns that remain on how assisted dying will be implemented - Kim argues why MPs are ruling on "the most robust assisted dying bill in the world".

Meanwhile, Robert Peston shares his analysis after grilling Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the G7 in Canada on splits among world leaders over the Iran-Israel conflict and the handling of the grooming gangs inquiry.

This week on Talking Politics USA, we hear from U.S. correspondent Dan Rivers about what influence Donald Trump could have on the developing conflict between Israel and Iran.

Lucy Watson speaks to Pete Souza, the man who was Barack Obama's chief photographer for eight years in the White House and thinks the images from today's administration are more like a "reality show".

And Stacy Foster recalls her whirlwind time covering for Dan in DC - from rushing coast to coast to cover the protests in Los Angeles, to trying to grab a glimpse of President Trump's much-discussed military parade.

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In this week's Q&A, Paul Brand and Robert Peston answer the political questions that matter to you, including:

• What has Keir Starmer achieved since he became PM?
• What can the government realistically do to bring the cost of living down?
• Why isn't financial, legal and political education part of the curriculum?
• Which MP would you pick to take a lie detector test?

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In this special edition of Talking Politics, Paul Brand is joined by Political Editor Robert Peston, Economics Editor Joel Hills and Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt to pour over the key inclusions - and omissions - in Rachel Reeves’s spending review, discussing…

• The chancellor's key announcements
• The winners and losers as the austerity era ends
• What the headline announcement on affordable housing means for the country’s housebuilding crisis
• Why this is the most significant political moment for this government
• Where the money has been found for savings
• And whether Rachel Reeves’s many jokes at Nigel Farage’s expense will backfire on her.

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In this week's Talking Politics USA, Lucy Watson, US correspondent Dan Rivers and former White House adviser Laura Schwartz answer your questions, including:

• If Elon Musk and Donald Trump continue fighting, who will come out of it worse?
• What's the difference between Trump's travel ban and his 2017 'Muslim ban'?
• How effective is Trump's 'Mexican wall' and immigration policies?
• How can a President who claims to understand business not understand the negative effect from constantly changing tariff arrangements?
• Why are the Democrats' approval ratings down so low?
• Is the While House press office just a propaganda machine?

Do you have a question you'd like the team to answer? Email talkingpolitics@itv.com

Lucy Watson, Dan Rivers, and Laura Schwartz gather for an impromptu bonus episode after relations between the world's richest man and perhaps the world's most powerful man collapsed at lightning speed.

Elon Musk ramped up the row between the pair yesterday after claiming, without evidence, that Trump's administration hasn't released all the records related to sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein because the president is mentioned in them. He wrote on X: "Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public."

So what on earth just happened? Where did this spat begin? And how damaging could this be to the U.S. President? 

The team will be back on Monday with another Q&A session.

Keith Kellogg has perhaps the hardest job of all in the Trump administration. The retired general is the US President's Special Envoy for Ukraine, putting him right at the forefront of the American effort to end Russia's invasion - travelling between Washington, Kyiv, Turkey, the Middle East, attempting to reconcile the very, very different demands of Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and an increasingly impatient Donald Trump. And it has not been an easy ride. He was the first American official to meet with Zelensky after Trump called him a 'dictator' back in February; he was just a metre away when the pair later had that extraordinary shouting match in the Oval Office. And this week, he's been tasked with diffusing escalating tensions after Ukraine's audacious drone attack on Russian war planes. So it was quite a moment for our US Correspondent Dan Rivers to sit down with him for an extended interview, to discuss whether there is really ANY path to peace any more, and what it's been like dealing with Donald Trump behind the scenes.

In this episode of Talking Politics, UK Editor Paul Brand and Political Editor Robert Peston evaluate the potential political gain and public damage from Robert Jenrick's recent video stunts.

The pair are then joined by Economics Editor Joel Hills to preview the challenges for Rachel Reeves heading into next week's Spending Review, including whether tax rises could now be unavoidable.

Plus, they dig into why the UK’s recent tariffs arrangement has caused absolute consternation among the country’s biggest food suppliers.

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