Nick Ferrari - The Whole Show

MPs say white working class let down by decades of neglect, travel pain until next year, and why your android phone will sound an alert today!

Matt Hancock kept Boris in the dark over vaccine success ahead of proposed freedom day, new wedding rules come in to play today, and did the Toris lose Chesham and Amersham by-election because of new planning rules?

The NHS is facing the "biggest pressure in its history" from a backlog potentially twice as big as previously feared, Matt Hancock has warned. On Thursday, the Health Secretary told hospitals to brace for a flood of up to 12.2 million people in need of elective procedures such as hip, knee and eye operations. This includes 5.1 million patients currently on waiting lists. Health bosses believe there could be a further 7.1 million who stayed away during the Covid pandemic but who will come forward demanding treatment, Mr Hancock revealed. He said that even with the NHS "running at 100 per cent", coping with this total would be the greatest challenge the service had yet encountered.

Work from home forever? Double vaccinated - you can go on holiday! Charles Spencer joins Nick to discuss his new book and more...

Daniel Morgan report accuses Met Police of 'form of corruption', Sajid Javid proposes legal age to marry is raised to 18, and the joy of fostering.

The final stage of easing lockdown restrictions in England is to be delayed until 19 July, the PM has said. It means most remaining curbs on social contact will continue beyond 21 June, when they had been due to be lifted. The limit on wedding guest numbers will be removed but venues will still have to adhere to other rules. Boris Johnson said there would be a review after two weeks and he was "confident" the delay would not need to be longer than four weeks.

Lockdown delays, did the BBC mess up by broadcasting Christian Errikson collapse and treatment, and Call Keir.

Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi hints that the June 21st lockdown easing is now in doubt as Delta cases surge, the G7 leaders prepare for a sea-shanty serenade and Nick Ferrari gets your thoughts on John Lewis giving equal parental leave to employees.

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It is a phrase credited to Winston Churchill – and the state of it has been a source of endless anxiety for a string of prime ministers. But not, it seems, for Boris Johnson. Downing Street confirmed on Monday that he is not a fan of the term “special relationship” as a way of describing the UK’s friendship with its most powerful ally. The disclosure, which came a day after Joe Biden used the phrase and three days before Johnson welcomes the US president ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall, was based on a suggestion that Johnson saw it as “needy and weak”.

Reaction to students voting to take down the Queen’s portrait, we ask whether Julie Burchill should have lost her job because of a tweet and get the thoughts from the Bank of England’s Chief Economist Andy Haldane on the post-covid recovery.

Colin Pitchfork could be released from jail, concerns grow over June 21st lockdown lifting and we get your thoughts on cricketer Ollie Robinson's suspension. Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi also joins Nick Ferrari for an exclusive interview to mark 6-months since the first jab.

LBC reporters race across London to test the e-scooters on trial, we discuss Tony Blair's call for covid jab passes and Boris Johnson facing a revolt over plans to cut UK Foreign Aid. We also get your reaction to Cricketer Ollie Robinson being banned from playing for England over historical tweets.

Portugal turns amber ruining travel plans, Tory revolt over plans to cut the foreign aid contribution, and what to do with the toppled Colston statue in Bristol?

Migrant channel crossing, School catch-up Tsar quits, and is an apology for historical racist and sexist tweets enough?

For the first time in over a year, the UK records zero deaths from Covid 19, and is £1.5BN enough to help kids catch up on their education?

Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open The 23-year-old four-time grand slam winner originally opted out of media duties, saying: “I’ve often felt that people have no regard for athletes’ mental health and this rings true whenever I see a press conference or partake in one.”

Covid origin probe in China, England rugby star Henry Slade says he will not take the jab and Indian variant cases surge. Plus, traffic lights in London are set to give pedestrians the green light.

The fallout from Dominic Cummings attendance at the Health and Science & Technology select committees, including claims Matt Hancock should have been sacked and thousands of people died unnecessarily

Advice to areas worst hit by Indian variant updated, get the popcorn out for the Dominic Cummings show, and e-scooters driving a crime wave.

Weddings, social distancing, and masks update delayed, Maureen Lipman quits Equity, and new boiler ban coming

What will trade deals do for UK farmers, Dominic Cummings herd immunity claims, and 'Call the Cabinet' with Liz Truss

The BBC fell short of "high standards of integrity and transparency" over Martin Bashir's 1995 interview with Princess Diana, an inquiry has found. Test & Trace fiasco, and frustration over the delay in announcing what will the new wedding rules will be?

Great British railway announced, and our experts answer your travel questions

A policewoman filmed in uniform chanting “free Palestine” along with protesters over the weekend is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s professional standards unit. Video of the officer posted on Twitter prompted several users whether she should have been expressing political views while on duty.

Refusing to get the Covid-19 Vaccine is as bad as drink driving says Andrew Lloyd Webber

Dame Cressida Dick QPM - Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, takes your calls and speaks exclusively to Nick Ferrari on LBC.

A county court debt judgment issued against Boris Johnson is “totally without merit” and the prime minister will apply to have it struck out, Downing Street has said, with officials believing the process could have been started maliciously. The statement came after the official register of county court judgments for England and Wales showed that Johnson had a judgment against him in October last year over an unpaid debt of £535. The register does not give details of to whom the debt is owed. Such a judgment would place the prime minister at risk of not only a bad credit rating but potential enforcement action by bailiffs arriving at Downing Street.

Government accused of 'missed opportunity' over social care reform, voter ID plans, and 12th May would have been the 18th birthday of Maddie McCann.

Lockdown easing next week - hugging is back! Mask wearing to end in schools, and tensions in Israel.

Nicola Sturgeon has told Boris Johnson that a second independence referendum is “a matter of when, not if” after the Scottish National party secured a historic fourth term at Holyrood on Saturday with a pro-independence majority of MSPs returned despite tactical voting by pro-union supporters.

The Conservatives have beaten Labour in the Hartlepool by-election, with a Tory MP elected for the first time in the current constituency's history. Tory candidate Jill Mortimer - who defeated Labour rival Paul Williams by nearly 7,000 votes - hailed the result as a "truly historic" moment. It comes as a blow to Sir Keir Starmer's efforts to win back support in traditional Labour heartlands.

A fleet of French fishing boats has descended on Jersey after threatening to blockade the island's main port over a post-Brexit fishing rights row. The UK has sent two Royal Navy ships to Jersey "as a precaution" - HMS Severn and HMS Tamar are patrolling the waters around Jersey this morning.

Trial of two soldiers collapses, should pupils have to wear face masks?

Will all rules get lifted? Some holiday travel to open on May 17th and can you have an amicable divorce?

What can you buy for £58k in John Lewis? Isolation rules in care homes are 'barbaric'.

Half of adult women say they’ve woken up to a partner having sex with them, or performing sex acts on them, while they’re asleep. This is according to a major new study - looking into violence against women and girls in Britain. LBC's correspondent Rachael Venables broke the story this morning.

Labour accuse Boris of lying over flat renovation, self-driving cars coming to the UK by the end of the year, and India covid crisis.

Boris Johnson is facing mounting pressure as Conservative insiders added weight to claims that the prime minister said he would rather see 'bodies pile up than order another lock-down' Plus an LBC exclusive over the loan scheme to remove flammable cladding from low-rise buildings brought in England.

Is Dominic Cummings the source of the Downing Street leaks? Plus, Nick will bring you the latest developments on the 'Loan Charge', funeral rules, and Stanley Johnson will give Nick his assessment on whether his son, Boris, was right to describe environmentalists as 'bunny huggers'.

Dyson & Johnson Tax text affair, Olympic athletes banned from taking a knee, and how should the 'Big 6' football clubs be punished?

A new European Super League could break up football

The Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex will walk apart for their grandfather’s funeral, which is likely to see the Queen sitting alone, details released by Buckingham Palace reveal.

Universities in England aren't opening up until May 17th. What does this mean for student' academic development and mental health?

How did day one of lockdown easing go? And Nick Clegg comes on from California to talk about Shirley Williams and how the EU has dealt with the vaccine rollout

You can now get a haircut, go to the pub (garden), and visit a zoo!

The AstraZeneca vaccine now not recommended for under-30s and the Deputy Chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, Professor Anthony Harnden takes your calls

AstraZeneca trial halted, Cardinal Vincent Nichols accuses government of 'broken promise' over foreign aid cut, and covid virus linked to mentral health problems.

Should there be covid passports for travel or hospitality? And Kenny Dalglish joins Nick on the subject of getting crowds back into sport.

Supply problems cut vaccine rollout, and rule of six almost unenforceable say Police