Jo Tanner (@straighttie), James Nation (@nationjames) and Calum Macdonald (@calumam) take you inside UK politics around Whitehall and at Westminster
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🆕 EPISODE of Whitehall Sources STREAMING NOW on podcast apps and YouTube.
"How Can Andy Burnham Play Conference?"
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"I'm not one to feel pessimistic but I am slightly worried... how are people going to feel about politicians?"
Is Britain headed for a 'Winter of Discontent', as Jo Tanner says?
The latest episode of Whitehall Sources is available everywhere now.
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"I need to have a strategy that is more than the incrementalist approach we've seen so far."
Andy Burnham is taking a gamble on 2027. But what will it be, and how will it pay off?
The latest episode of Whitehall Sources drops tomorrow morning.
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Bad news for banks, more cost of living support, fuel duty freeze, support for small businesses.
The Budget-eve prediction from Whitehall Sources.
Listen to the latest episode before John Healey's statement tomorrow.
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"You can't have colleagues from the southeast of England, from urban centres, who don't understand these communities coming in and opining on stuff that they have no experience of."
Labour MP Henry Tufnell delivers a home truth to his Government on tomorrow's episode of Whitehall Sources. Available everywhere first thing in the morning.
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"It enables you to have fresh conversations...with a blank piece of paper."
Does politics need more cross-party work? Jo Tanner makes the case as to why.
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The Budget will be a "steady as she goes" fiscal event because the PM and Chancellor don't yet need to do something radical, says former Treasury Special Adviser James Nation.
Listen to the latest episode of Whitehall Sources for an essential pre-Budget briefing, delivered by those who've been there before.
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🆕 EPISODE of Whitehall Sources STREAMING NOW on podcast apps and YouTube.
"Why Labour MPs need to get out the Southeast... with Henry Tufnell"
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Has Labour turned things around with rural Britain?
"Over the past two years... you've seen changes in priority in how rural communities get treated" says MP Henry Tufnell.
Listen to the latest episode of Whitehall Sources now.
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"You can't have colleagues from the southeast of England, from urban centres, who don't understand these communities coming in and opining on stuff that they have no experience of."
Labour MP Henry Tufnell delivers a home truth to his Government on tomorrow's episode of Whitehall Sources. Available everywhere first thing in the morning.
@TufnellHenry | @CalumAM | @StraightTie | @nationjames
🔴 On the podcast this week...
@TufnellHenry - Labour MP for Mid and South Pembrokeshire…and one of the MPs behind the “Industry First Group.”
Recording this afternoon.
@CalumAM | @StraightTie | @NationJames
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There’s two weeks to go until the U.S. midterm elections!
Don’t miss our D.C. Sources roundtable as @EliStokols, @Maura_Gillespie and @meghan_hays9 are joined by:
@katyballs, Washington Editor of The Times and The Sunday Times.
@zachdespart, Investigative reporter at ProPublica and the Texas Tribune.
And, @ec_schneider, National Political Reporter at The Washington Sun.
Listen and watch from tomorrow as they discuss the state of play, what to look out for on election night and what it could mean for both major parties heading into 2028!
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Great to be joined on ‘Tanner Time’ on @TimesRadio with @kaitborsay again tonight by the brilliant @NationJames. If you enjoyed it, you can find us on the @whitehallsource podcast every week too!
"I'm gonna have to take this guy out as well..."
"This is the cute and cuddly Lib Dems - this is the side I did not know!"
The inside story of the Tunbridge Wells election contest... from the man who won it: @ThreshedThought
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"There is a point of which 'we're not getting any further and if anything we're starting to go backwards..."
How do 'challenger parties' tackle the predicaments piling up in front of them, as the two main parties begin to gather momentum again?
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🆕 EPISODE of Whitehall Sources STREAMING NOW on podcast apps and YouTube.
"How to Work with Trump on Issues like Ukraine... with Mike Martin MP"
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"Increasingly we should start to make clear that we do separate [the 'special relationship' and NATO commitments]."
Are we within a new chapter of the 'special relationship'? Liberal Democrat MP @ThreshedThought tells the Whitehall Sources podcast more nuance is needed in tackling modern geo-political and security issues.
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"Always wanting to default to coordination with the Americans and keeping the relationship tight was seen as very important."
Former Downing Street Special Adviser, James Nation, reveals how the 'special relationship' is treated behind the door of Number 10.
The latest episode of Whitehall Sources is out now.
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"My suspicion is May...now's a great time."
Liberal Democrat MP @ThreshedThought has made his prediction for an early General Election...
The full episode of Whitehall Sources drops tomorrow, 7.30am.
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"You're going to want to push for what the bolder story looks like... that has to square against the Treasury."
Keep an eye on increased tensions between Number 10 and 11 in the near future, says former Treasury advisor, James Nation.
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Does the language coming from the Conservatives point to an "obsession" with an early election?
Former adviser and political strategist, Jo Tanner, thinks so.
Listen now to the latest episode of Whitehall Sources.
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