11/03/2023
As the Government unveils its long-awaited plan to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats, Ben Riley-Smith of The Daily Telegraph is joined by the former Home Secretary, Lord Blunkett, and Conservative MP, Danny Kruger. With the civil service in the spotlight following two separate rows involving senior mandarins, Ben speaks to the former Head of the Civil Service, Lord Kerslake. Conservative peer and former pensions minister, Baroness Altmann, and chief executive of the New Economics Foundation and Labour Parliamentary candidate, Miatta Fahnbulleh, discuss the ways in which the Government could encourage more people back in to work. And, following the first Anglo-French summit in five years, Ben brings together former UK Ambassador to Paris and Washington, Sir Peter Westmacott, and French journalist, Agnes Poirier, to examine Rishi Sunak's diplomacy.