Public Health England have warned that the Delta variant of Covid-19 is more transmissible, more likely to lead to hospitalisations, and more resistant to vaccines than the variant from Kent.
The Tories’ own education tsar has recommended £15bn will be needed to help fund catch up programmes for kids who missed school due to Covid-19. So why have the government only proposed £1.4bn?
The Undercover Policing Inquiry is examining the infiltration of more than 1,000 political groups by British police since 1968. How much has been disclosed? And will more revelations come to light? Aaron Bastani talks to Tom Fowler of the Spycops Info podcast.
The idea that Covid-19 leaked from a Wuhan lab was once dismissed as a conspiracy theory. However, it now has widespread appeal among mainstream politicians and scientists. What changed? We speak to Stephen Buranyi.
Matt Hancock has come out fighting after his honesty and competence was attacked by Dominic Cummings. With a renewed focus on failures over care homes, can the health secretary survive?
Dominic Cummings has launched an extraordinary attack on Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock and the entire British establishment in hours of evidence to MPs.
Dominic Cummings has attacked Johnson for lying about “herd immunity” as the government’s Covid-19 strategy. But can a top advisor credibly attack the man he was employed to advise?
With Israeli police once again storming the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, it is clear that for Palestinians a ceasefire does not mean peace.
The Indian variant of Coronavirus is the single biggest threat to the UK’s schedule for leaving lockdown. Why did Boris Johnson take so long to act to get it under control? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
As Israel’s onslaught on Gaza escalates, so does opposition to occupation and apartheid. We discuss the latest developments in the conflict and the rising movement for Palestinian liberation.
As Israel escalates attacks on Gaza, Palestinians across the region are rising up with a unity not seen for a generation. Is Israeli apartheid facing its greatest threat?
Gaza suffers its most brutal Israeli bombardment since the war in 2014,
Keir Starmer’s bungled reshuffle has left his personal authority in tatters. Is this an opportunity for the party’s left to have its voice heard? Labour MP Clive Lewis joins Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial to discuss.
Keir Starmer’s botched reshuffle has sparked a civil war in the Labour Party. With so many enemies, can he survive? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
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