Iain Dale - The Whole Show

Starmer vows to give Britain its future back, Ukraine war a year on & should relationships be banned in the workplace?

Shamima Begum loses her appeal, Cross Question & is marriage worth it? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Jon Trickett, The Spectator's Cindy Yu, podcaster Shelina Janmohamed and Conservative MP Stephen Hammond.

SNP leadership contender Kate Forbes criticised for religious views, Cross Question & would a four day-working week work for you? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry, Conservative MP Bim Afolami, former UK Ambassador to the US Lord Darroch and Senior Editor at Novara Media Ash Sarkar.

Government urged to restock the military, Cross Question & how do we better help victims of domestic violence? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron, Conservative MP Duncan Baker, political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and former editor of the Sunday Telegraph Baroness Wheatcroft.

Police criticised for release of personal details, the NEU's Niamh Sweeney takes your calls & is the future meat-free?

Nicola Sturgeon resigns, Cross Question and is Keir Starmer wrong to block Corbyn standing again for Labour? Joining Iain Dale on LBC this evening are barrister Chris Daw KC, former Boris Johnson adviser Alex Crowley, Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh and Conservative peer Lord Moylan.

London Labour MPs call on Sadiq Khan to delay ULEZ expansion, Cross Question & how have you dealt with memory loss? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are LGBT campaigner Peter Tatchell, Sunday Telegraph columnist Janet Daley, former Labour MP Stephen Pound and Conservative member of the London Assembly Tony Devenish.

Government minister calls China a 'hostile state' amid balloon row, Cross Question & US general won't rule out aliens Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative peer, former minister and grandson of Winston Churchill Lord Soames and parliamentary sketch writer for The Guardian John Crace.

Getting aid into earthquake-hit Syria, Lib Dem Leader Sir Ed Davey takes your calls & what do you think of Lee Anderson?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and Chair of the Treasury Select Committee Harriett Baldwin, Labour MP and Shadow Schools Minister Stephen Morgan, broadcaster and social commentator Angela Epstein and journalist Paul Mason.

Former Met Officer David Carrick jailed for life, Cross Question & how do we fix the rail network? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, Conservative MP Ben Bradley, Chief Executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership Henri Murison and comedian Geoff Norcott.

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes your calls, Cross Question & should we listen to Liz Truss? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green MP Caroline Lucas, Conservative MP Alexander Stafford, veteran journalist and broadcaster Julia Langdon and political commentator and former Cameron adviser Mo Hussein.

Rishi Sunak's first hundred days, experts take your calls on Europe's response to Ukraine & is vaping dangerous?

Biggest collection of strikes for a decade, Cross Question & does your employer deal effectively with bullying in the workplace? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are musician and podcaster Winston Marshall, Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse, Conservative Lord (Jonathan) Marland and human rights barrister Charlotte Proudman.

IMF has gloomy forecast for the UK economy, Cross Question & what do we do about children watching pornography? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Rebecca Long-Bailey, Conservative MP and Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Alicia Kearns, General Secretary of the National Education Union Mary Bousted and Emma Jones, small business guru and founder of Enterprise Nation.

PM defends his handling of Nadhim Zahawi's sacking, Cross Question & what would peace look like in the Middle East? Joining Iain Dale on this special edition of Cross Question are SNP MP Kirsty Blackman, Shadow Scotland Secretary and Labour MP Ian Murray, former Scotland Secretary and Conservative MP David Mundell and LBC's Scotland Political Editor Gina Davidson.

Suella Braverman plans to force out international students sooner after graduation, Cross Question & should male-born rapists be allowed in women's prisons? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Kyle, Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack, Political Editor of the Daily Express Sam Lister & non-affiliated peer Baroness Kate Hoey.

Failings in the probation service, Cross Question & should women get menopause leave? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are environmental campaigner and former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey, Social Mobility Minister Mims Davies, economist and Senior Executive Editor at Bloomberg Stephanie Flanders and Labour MP Barry Gardiner.

SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn takes your calls, Cross Question & is Jeremy Clarkson being 'cancelled'? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are businessman Sir Martin Sorrell, Guardian columnist Zoe Williams, Conservative MP Jackie Doyle-Price and SNP MP Richard Thomson.

All police officers to be vetted as if new, Cross Question & should cake be banned in the workplace? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Tech Minister Paul Scully, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain, Labour councillor Satvir Kaur and Tony Diver from the Sunday Telegraph.

Striking teachers may force schools to shut, Cross Question & should the word 'homosexual' be avoided? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Peter Bone, Labour MP Darren Jones, Founder of the Social Mobility Pledge Justine Greening and broadcaster Nina Myskow.

Ministers to give police greater powers to crack down on protests, Cross Question & Westminster 'vetoes' Scottish gender bill Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Scottish Conservatives Leader Douglas Ross, Labour's Shadow Prisons Minister Ellie Reeves, broadcaster Michael Crick and freelance journalist Rebecca Reid.

Ambulance response time worst on record, business experts take your calls & should alcohol be banned on flights?

MPs vote down Labour plan to abolish private schools' charitable status, Cross Question & what kind of pressures still exist around ADHD? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and former Chief Whip Wendy Morton, new General Secretary of the TUC Paul Nowak, Labour MP and former Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott and Editor of the Spectator Fraser Nelson.

Putin ally suggests Russia is at war with the UK, Cross Question & are electric cars on the way out? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Vicky Ford, Labour MP Sam Tarry, Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver and political commentator Sam Freedman.

No progress in talks between Government and unions, Cross Question & should private healthcare be stigmatised? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Shadow Wales Secretary and Labour MP Jo Stevens, Conservative MP and former minister Sir Robert Goodwill, broadcaster Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and Telegraph columnist Madeline Grant.

Sir Keir Starmer vows to 'take back control', senior NHS doctor takes your calls & what is Prince Harry doing?

Rishi Sunak delivers New Year speech, Cross Question & how important is maths? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Liberal Democrat London Assembly Leader Caroline Pidgeon, political commentator Suzanne Evans, LBC presenter Lewis Goodall and Conservative London Assembly member Keith Prince.

Downing Street claims the NHS has the funding it needs, Cross Question & child referrals for mental health care in England up 39% in a year. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green Party GLA member Siân Berry, Conservative GLA member Emma Best, journalist Benjamin Butterworth & broadcaster Ali Miraj.

TSSA rail union accepts pay deal, top headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh takes your calls & Iain speaks to Sir Cliff Richard

Four migrants die in Channel crossing tragedy, Cross Question & do we need to bring our military up to date? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Anna Firth, Labour Shadow Treasury Minister James Murray, environmental campaigner Stanley Johnson & security journalist Edward Lucas.

New poll suggests disaster for the Tories at the next election, Cross Question & should we ban smoking? Joining Iain Dale on LBC this evening are Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols, political commentator Ella Whelan and comedian Jo Caulfield.

Should Rishi Sunak intervene and meet the Unions? Iain Dale stands in for Matt Frei

Harry Dunn's killer Anne Sacoolas given suspended sentence & broadcaster Gyles Brandreth takes your calls

Matt Hancock announces he won't stand at the next election, Cross Question & would returning the Parthenon Marbles set a precedent? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are SDLP MP Claire Hanna, Conservative MP Matt Warman, journalist Rachel Shabi and tech entrepreneur Emma Sinclair.

Strikes in multiple sectors this winter, Cross Question and should we celebrate the fall of smoking and the rise of vaping? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and former minister Kit Malthouse, Labour MP Catherine McKinnell, influencer Amy Hart & Lib Dem councillor Mathew Hulbert.

Labour plans to abolish the House of Lords, Cross Question and should asylum be granted to people from safe countries? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper, Conservative peer Lord Greenhalgh, political editor for PoliticsHome Adam Payne & business commentator Justin Urquhart-Stewart.

Soaring ambulance waiting times & CWU General Secretary Dave Ward takes your calls

Royal aide resigns over comments to black charity founder, Cross Question & why are prisons running out of cells? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Dame Andrea Leadsom, Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael, Host of POLITICO's Westminster Insider podcast Ailbhe Rea and former Labour adviser and author Tom Hamilton.

PM declares 'golden age' of UK relations with China is over, Cross Question & how has your relationship with religion changed? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former justice minister Lord Faulks, Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee, Alba Party Westminster Leader Neale Hanvey and Stefanie Bolzen, UK correspondent for Die Welt.

Net migration at all-time record, TV personality Spencer Matthews takes your calls & can we take the politics out of football?

SNP Westminster Leader Ian Blackford takes your calls, Cross Question & how do we tackle gambling addiction? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Flick Drummond, Leader of the Green Party in the London Assembly Caroline Russell, broadcaster Steve Richards & businessman Lance Forman

Keir Starmer vows to wean business off 'cheap labour', Cross Question & have you changed your mind about the RMT union?

England players feel forced not to wear OneLove armbands, Cross Question & should the rich pay for their NHS treatment? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the Leader of the True and Fair Party Gina Miller, Conservative peer Lord Lilley, comedian and podcaster Geoff Norcott and Labour peer Lord Hain.

Reaction to the Autumn Statement, special edition of Cross Question, & fears of soaring petrol prices. Joining Iain Dale this evening for a special edition of Cross Question, reacting to Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, are former Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Professor Ian McCafferty, KPMG's chief economist Yael Selfin, Alfie Stirling from the New Economics Foundation, & the University of Oxford's Dr Linda Yueh.

Former Tory Cabinet Minister says most of HS2 should be scrapped, Cross Question, & living with autism. Joining Iain Dale this evening on Cross Question this evening are the co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Carla Denyer, Conservative MP Ben Bradley, the General Secretary of the FDA Union of senior civil servants, Dave Penman, and former government advisor on LGBT issues, Jayne Ozanne.

Poor quality social housing, Russian missiles landing in Poland, Cross Question, & private healthcare.

Braverman signs migrant deal with the French, Cross Question, & learning foreign languages. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed, The Sun's political journalist Noa Hoffman, political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Conservative MP Richard Graham.

Retail boss calls for more foreign workers in UK, bestselling author Amanda Prowse takes your calls & is reality TV too cruel?

Gillian Keegan on the state of the UK's education system, Cross Question & is it unethical for nurses to go on strike? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Chris Bryant, playwright Bonnie Greer, Conservative MP Bob Seely and Kate Andrews, Economics Editor at The Spectator.