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It looks as if Donald Trump is very close to victory in the US election, as he defied a major poll and won the state of Iowa after picking up a wave of red states including Texas, Florida, Ohio and Indiana. Join Camilla and Kamal for this bonus episode of The Daily T, bringing you up to date on the Former President's likely return to the White House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s polling day in America and the candidates have made their final pleas to the public, with both choosing the vital swing state of Pennsylvania to do it. But will it be Donald Trump or Kamala Harris who wins the race to the White House? With Kamal in the studio in London, Camilla headed out onto the highway for a 250-mile road trip to Pittsburgh to watch former President Trump speak and find out what it is about him that draws the big crowds. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris was also in the city with a star-studded line-up featuring singers Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. The Telegraph’s Susie Coen brings us a report from the night.Producers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The idea that Kamala Harris is ahead in Republican stronghold Iowa has America reeling - but how much can we read into it?With just twenty-four hours to go until polling day, America has been sent into a frenzy with a shock poll from the Republican-held state of Iowa that puts Kamala Harris 3% ahead of Donald Trump. It wasn’t a state that was even in the conversation before, so does it mean Trump’s campaign is suffering subsidence? And can it be replicated elsewhere?Kamal is in the studio in London and Camilla is in Washington to digest another wild weekend in the US election, and get the expert opinion on the Iowa poll from our Head of Data Ben Butcher.Plus, Telegraph columnist and Daily T presenter Tim Stanley explains why he believes Donald Trump isn’t the monster the left portrays him as.Producers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live reaction from the result announcement in central London.Kemi Badenoch has secured a resounding victory in the Conservative leadership election, defeating Robert Jenrick with 57% of the membership vote.Camilla and Kamal were in the room when the former business secretary called on Tories “get down to business” and win the next election. They react to the result and hear from MPs who backed Badenoch and Jenrick about the party’s need to unite.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallCamera Operator: Andy MackenzieOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And lessons from cycling 4000 miles across America.All the polls put next week’s US presidential election on a knife edge. But Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson says the result could still be a shock landslide - for either candidate. She explains what pollsters are missing, Trump’s enduring popularity, and why independents think Harris is 'deceptive'.Plus, travel journalist Simon Parker travelled 4000 miles through 11 US states, from Cape Flattery on the Pacific Ocean to Florida’s Key West - all on a bicycle. He shares with Kamal and Camilla what he learned about politics across the pond.Visit the Telegraph Bookshop to buy Simon’s book A Ride Across America with 15% off.Read: My British mind boggles at American eating habits, by Simon ParkerWe want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganAdditional production from James ShieldPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: James EnglandProduction Co-Ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don’t be a worker, don’t have a pension, and certainly don’t be a farmer. The dust has settled after yesterday’s Budget and we’re focusing on some of the major losers from chancellor Rachel Reeves’ big day.Gordon and Kamal speak to dairy farmer James Robinson and former pensions minister Ros Altmann about the tax traps hidden in the Budget.Plus, the latest special report from our US editor Tony Diver, who has visited Arizona and the border wall to get to the bottom of America’s immigration controversy.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsAdditional production from James ShieldPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: James GudgeProduction Co-Ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was Labour’s first Budget in 14 years and they’re back to their old playbook: tax rises and big borrowing, despite promising to deliver economic growth.Gordon and Kamal are joined in Westminster by George Osborne’s former chief of staff Rupert Harrison and Tom Clougherty from the Institute of Economic Affairs to go over Rachel Reeves’ plans and unpack the politics behind the policies.Plus, the Telegraph’s Jeremy Warner explains what higher National Insurance contributions will mean for British business.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsAdditional production from James ShieldPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleProduction Co-Ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the states to watch to the stats to know, this is your ultimate audio guide to the US election.Kamal and Gordon Rayner are joined by US Editor Tony Diver to explain how the electoral college system works, why just seven states will decide the election next week, and which issues are driving voters on each side to the ballot box. Plus, Data Editor Ben Butcher gives The Telegraph’s predictions for each swing states and looks at how reliable the polling is from the US. The team also answer your questions, from when we’ll know the result to what President Joe Biden has been up to.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastRead: A guide to the 2024 swing states and why they are so important this electionTrump vs Harris: Latest pollsProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsAdditional production from James ShieldPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt joins Kamal and Gordon Rayner in the Daily T studio for an exclusive sit-down interview.He calls this week’s upcoming Budget as being the “most damaging since the 1970s”, accuses the Office for Budget Responsibility of doing political favours, and describes Rachel Reeves’ talk of a £22 billion black hole as ‘fiction.’Kamal and Gordon also ask him what it’s like to deliver a Budget as chancellor, as well as who he’s voted for in the Conservative leadership contest.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsAdditional production from James ShieldPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Rachel DuffyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kamal and Camilla are joined for a forceful but intelligent debate by pro-reparations journalist and descendant of slave owners Laura Trevelyan and anti-reparations Conservative peer Lord Tony Sewell, who is the former Chair of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.It’s the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Samoa, with leaders of the 56 Commonwealth nations all gathering for the first summit since King Charles took to the throne. Some of those attending from African and Caribbean nations have talked of using the occasion to press Keir Starmer into paying financial reparations for Britain's role in the slave trade.Is there any case for atoning for the past monetarily, or would all parties be better off discussing how to work more closely in the future?We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsAdditional production from James ShieldPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kamala Harris has called Donald Trump a fascist. But is he?Kamala Harris has used the “f-word” about Donald Trump for the first time - calling the former President a fascist during a Town Hall event hosted by CNN. The comments come off the back of a scathing attack by Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly who said his ex-boss fitted “into the general definition of fascist” this week. But was this really a serious political attack by Harris? Camilla and Kamal discuss. Plus, we’ll hear from our Chief Reporter Rob Mendick who has been to Minnesota to report on the emotional clash between the wife of a murdered police officer and Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s pick for Vice President.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsAdditional production from James ShieldPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A major diplomatic row as Donald Trump files a legal complaint accusing Labour of "blatant" election interference.It started with an innocuous LinkedIn post drumming up Labour volunteers to campaign for Kamala Harris, and has ended with Donald Trump formally accusing the party of government of illegal election interference. Camilla and Kamal ask how Labour been so naive enough to allow themselves to create a diplomatic row with Donald Trump, and also how they can now hope to have a good relationship with any future Trump administration.Plus, it was over to the deputies at Prime Minister's Questions this week, and it got pretty feisty between Angela Rayner and Oliver Dowden. We analyse Dowden's key blows ahead of the Budget as Labour still struggle to define what a 'working person' is.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsAdditional production from James ShieldPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aside from Martyn Blake, only three other armed police officers have stood trial for murder. We speak to one of them.The news of firearms officer Martyn Blake's acquittal in the Chris Kaba murder trial has sparked a national debate - not just about how and why the CPS came to charge him in the first place, but also the very future of armed policing in the UK itself. After all, who'd be an armed officer when there's a risk of criminal proceedings being opened against you?Kamal and Gordon Rayner bring you a special extended interview with former police marksman Tony Long, who was cleared of the murder of suspected gang member Azelle Rodney, in 2005. One of only three other armed police officers who've ever stood trial for murder, he recounts his own ordeal, and explains why he thinks all police officers should carry guns.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsAdditional production from James ShieldOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Met Police officer who shot dead Chris Kaba has been cleared of murder. Armed officer Martyn Blake fired a single shot through the windscreen of Kaba’s car when he tried to escape after being stopped by police in September 2022. Our Crime Editor Martin Evans talks Kamal and Gordon Rayner through the case and explains why the officer has been cleared.Elsewhere, moments after delivering a speech at Parliament House in Canberra, King Charles was heckled by Aboriginal Australian senator, Lidia Thorpe, who yelled: "This is not your land, you are not my King." Kamal and Gordon get an on-the-ground report from Telegraph Royal Editor Hannah Furness and speak to former Australian politician Tim Smith - who knows Lidia Thorpe well - to ask if Australia will ever cut ties with the monarchy.Plus, Telegraph Film Editor Robbie Collin reviews controversial new Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice.Read: The Apprentice: a sleaze-slathered look at Donald Trump’s rise to powerWe want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshAdditional production from James ShieldOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's just over two weeks to go until America decides - Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?With the polls tantalisingly close to opening, this election is still on a knife-edge, with the latest national polling putting Kamala Harris just one percentage point ahead of Donald Trump. In this special edition of the Daily T, Camilla and Kamal are joined by Telegraph US experts Tony Diver and Rozina Sabur to review the last week of news from Stateside - with Trump's awkward dancing, Harris's Fox interview and an on-the-ground report from Georgia all on the agenda.Plus, there's a special interview with the forecaster who's correctly predicted the outcome of 9 out of the last 10 presidential elections.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the American showbiz website TMZ deciding to post a picture of his body - does that decision say everything about the toxic environment social media has created?In extraordinarily tragic news, the former One Direction star Liam Payne died last night aged just 31, after falling from a third floor balcony in a Buenos Aires hotel.But it's the reporting of Liam Payne's death that has shocked us most, with American entertainment site TMZ seeing fit to post a partial picture of his body alongside their article breaking the news. Camilla and Kamal ask what that decision tells about society, our need to rubberneck, and whether social media simply feeds our voyeuristic appetites? Elsewhere, the veteran Conservative MP Sir Christopher Chope has claimed he is supporting Robert Jenrick in the Tory leadership contest as Kemi Badenoch is "too preoccupied with her children". Funnily enough, Camilla was not impressed...We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyAdditional production by James ShieldOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Proposals to give terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to choose to end their lives were introduced in Parliament today, with strong opinions on both sides of the debate. So are we getting closer to assisted dying being legalised in this country?Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, will table a private members’ Bill to legalise the practice with a free vote for MPs next month, their first since 2015. Kamal and Camilla discuss how the law will work.Plus, Tory leadership hopeful Jenrick channels his inner Thatcher in his latest speech on his economic plans. Kamal takes us behind the scenes.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And how the Amish could decide the US election.Britain is in the grip of a worklessness epidemic with a quarter of people of working-age – nearly 11 million people – currently not working. Kamal and Camilla discuss Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s latest drive to get people off benefits. Could weight loss jabs be part of the answer?And with just three weeks until the US presidential election, Kamala Harris has been accused of plagiarism. How bad could this be for her campaign?Plus, we have a special dispatch from chief reporter Rob Mendick, who’s been investigating whether the Amish community of Pennsylvania could put Donald Trump back in the White House.Read: Wes Streeting: Widening waistbands are a burden on BritainWe want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyAdditional production by James ShieldOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the day of the big UK investment summit in London and Sir Keir Starmer has been pressing the flesh with bankers, hedge fund managers and tech bros, hoping to secure their money for Britain. He’s just about remedied the transport secretary’s blunder on the eve of the summit that nearly drove away £1bn worth of new investment from P&O Ferries owner DP World. But what’s the good of bringing this money in when we’re no good at spending it?From HS2 to extra runways to nuclear power stations, Kamal and Camilla ask: why can’t Britain build anything? And are suspiciously anti-business Labour really going to be the ones to make it happen?Read: The 16 telltale signs you’re more common than you think – according to an etiquette expertWe want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan and poet Jenny Lindsay on losing their livelihoods.What’s it like to be cancelled? And is there a light at the end of the cancel-culture tunnel?Camilla and Kamal speak to two people who have suffered under the cancellation juggernaut: Scottish poet Jenny Lindsay and the Irish writer behind Father Ted and The IT Crowd, Graham Linehan. They explain how it feels to be abandoned by family, friends, and colleagues over your views; how they fought back; and why the trans debate has become so toxic.Read: Graham Linehan interview: ‘I didn’t realise how terrified everyone was of trans activists’We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Labour unveil their new deal for workers and massive tax rises could be on the way - it all feels a bit 1970s. Plus we go behind the scenes at Robert Jenrick's speech...Labour's long-awaited new deal for workers has finally been unveiled, and in true Starmer style it seems to be a deal that pleases nobody, with businesses in despair and unions saying it doesn't go far enough.But with a new report from The Institute for Fiscal Studies claiming that £25bn of new taxes will also be needed to keep public services going - doesn't it all feel a bit 1970s again? Camilla and Kamal dodge the rubbish piling up on the street and the lights flickering on and off to ask who actually wants this new bill and why it's still going to take another two years to implement.And Robert Jenrick was fastest out of the blocks this morning with a big speech after making it through to the final two of the Tory leadership contest. Camilla went along and has all the gossip from behind the scenes, plus chats with 'Bobby J' supporters Sir Edward Leigh and Danny Kruger...We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A shock result in the Tory leadership contest as James Cleverly is knocked out!Camilla and Kamal bring you the latest from the Tory leadership race after James Cleverly was knocked out in a hugely surprising result, leaving Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch to fight it out for the top job in the membership vote. Have the MPs got it right? And who’s best placed to take the fight to Labour?Plus, Prime Minister’s Questions is back after a hiatus for the party conference season. Keir Starmer struck a sharper and more defiant tone whilst Rishi Sunak was busy cracking one-liners; we bring you the highlights of an entertaining clash at the despatch boxes.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kamal and Camilla bring you up to speed with the Tory leadership race after Tom Tugendhat was knocked out this afternoon.Tom Tugendhat has been eliminated from the Conservative leadership race in the latest round of voting, meaning Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly are the final three who move forward to tomorrow’s penultimate round of voting before the grand final on November 2nd.We ask what it means for the race, who’s likely to be in the final two and where Tugendhat’s supporters will go - plus, in the face of more absolutely dire polling for Labour, who’s best placed to take the fight to Keir Starmer?Elsewhere, why are the super-rich abandoning Starmer’s Britain before the budget at the end of the month? Should we be worried? Kamal and Camilla explain why Rachel Reeves’ plans are scaring investors off...We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: James SimmonsEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Prime Minister's chief of staff gets the boot - why has she gone and where does it leave this ailing Labour government?Sue Gray has been ousted after losing a power struggle with Starmer's director of political strategy Morgan McSweeney. Camilla and Kamal explain why her defenestration matters, how it shows the PM's lack of judgement and why he now needs to get a grip of the narrative - fast.And Israel is marking the first anniversary of the October 7th attacks. In the worst terrorist atrocity on Israeli soil, Hamas murdered almost 1,200 people, raped and tortured others and kidnapped 250 men, women and children. 97 of the hostages are yet to be accounted for. We hear from the Israelis whose lives were changed forever on that fateful day.Read: The fate of Israel’s hostages one year onAdditional reporting by Naomi Greenaway, Charlotte Lytton, Nicole Lampert and Lauren Libbert.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From his reflections on the Covid lockdowns and a potential return to No.10 to his suggestion of a referendum on the ECHR, we’ll take a deep dive into the man behind the cover. As Boris Johnson prepares to publish his 772-page memoir ‘Unleashed’, Gordon Rayner and Camilla take Kamal behind the scenes of their exclusive interviews with the former Prime Minister.Plus, your reaction to our net zero special as Ed Miliband announces £22bn of investment in ‘unproven’ green technology. And why you should be storing your baked beans upside down.Producers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It infuriates and frustrates in equal measure - electric cars, heat pumps, wind farms blighting the countryside. Is there any way to make a conservative argument for tackling climate change?Kamal is joined by those who treat Net Zero like a dirty word - and others who believe there is a blue way to a green future, instead of Energy Security Minister Ed Miliband's plans.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineySenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James England and Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the final day of the Conservative conference and the four remaining leadership hopefuls have been making their big pitches to the members.Kamal is joined by former Tory special advisor Henry Newman to listen through to the final speeches in Birmingham. They assess whether Tom Tugenhat brought enough energy, James Cleverly's digs at his rivals, Robert Jenrick's confused pledges and Kemi Badenoch's culture wars boasts.Plus, it was the first (and only) vice-presidential debate in New York last night as JD Vance took on Tim Walz live on CBS. Kamal chats to Telegraph Deputy US Editor Rozina Sabur, who was at the debate, to find out more about JD Vance's new 'Mr Nice Guy' image and why Tim Walz can't decide if he was in Tiananmen Square or not.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineySenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the second day of the Conservative conference in Birmingham, former Cabinet Minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg joins Kamal and Tim to talk about taking Reform seriously, why we aren't talking enough about net-zero and why he has signed up to star in his own reality TV show.Plus, as the Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalates, we're joined by shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell to talk about what this war means for the Middle East.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineySenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's day one of the Conservative Party Conference and we hear from Liz Truss, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Sir Graham Brady...The Tory conference is underway in Birmingham and the mood is...surprisingly bouyant.Kamal is joined by Gordon Rayner to chat to Sir Graham Brady at a special live Telegraph event. The former chair of the 1922 committee reveals what he really thinks about each of the five PMs he saw come and go...And The Daily T’s Tim Stanley has been in conversation with Liz Truss, who claimed the Conservatives would have won the general election if she had been leader.Plus, Kamal has been on the conference floor and caught up with leadership hopefuls Robert Jenrick and James Cleverly.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineySenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The former Telegraph and Spectator Editor Charles Moore is in the studio with Camilla to discuss the future of conservatism ahead of the Conservative Party conference.He gives his verdict on the Tory leadership hopefuls - including why he's drawn to Tom Tugendhat - as well as the past five prime ministers, and where it all went wrong for the party.Plus, as the official biographer of Margaret Thatcher, he talks about why she would be huge on TikTok and how she would have dealt with Covid.Producer: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s possible the government “overdid it” at the start of the pandemic, said Sir Chris Whitty today.Camilla and Tim are reentering the lockdown debate, after the former chief medical officer told the Covid Inquiry the government may have overstated the dangers of Covid in its early days. Have lockdown sceptics been vindicated?And — why has Camilla been unceremoniously dumped from her role interviewing Tory leadership candidates at their party conference next week?Plus, if your hackles are raised by terms like “taking the elevator”, “onboarding”, and other Americanisms that have crept into our language, you're not alone. The Telegraph’s resident wordsmith Simon Heffer is in the studio to explain why proper good British English is so important.Read: Americanisms are poisoning our languageWe want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keir Starmer has been humiliated by his own party members voting against the winter fuel cut, and has also doubled down on accepting gifts, in another wretched twenty hours for the Prime Minister.On the final day of the Labour conference, party members gave the government a bloody nose by voting to oppose the winter fuel allowance cut. It won't change anything, but Keir Starmer now has a party in open revolt against his leadership, with one union leader telling the crowd it's 'not what people voted for' during a barnstorming speech.Camilla and Kamal ask where Starmer's already ailing government goes from here, with the Prime Minister also doubling down on accepting accommodation from Lord Alli in an interview last night; his excuse for which Camilla found "extraordinary".Plus - Phillip Schofield is controversially set to return to our TV screens in a new Channel 5 reality show. Can he ever be un-cancelled?We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keir Starmer struck a downbeat tone in his first conference speech since the election, promising to make "tough long-term decisions" to rebuild the country.Camilla and Kamal are live from Liverpool once again to pick apart the bones of the PM's speech, which saw him dismiss criticism of his unpopular policies as "water off a duck's back". They also get all of the latest conference gossip from political editor Ben Riley-Smith, who's spent the past few days hobnobbing with the great and the good from the government.Plus - can people on the streets of Liverpool correctly identify the Cabinet? And what do they think of the first few months under Labour? We had a wander around the city centre to find out...We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsCamera Operator: Andy MackenzieVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Camilla is in heaven: surrounded by Lefties, as Labour descends on Liverpool for its first annual conference since the election. But what should have been a jolly jamboree has been overshadowed by the cash-for-clothes scandal and a row over the winter fuel payment cut.Kamal and Camilla unpack Rachel Reeves speech - was it style over substance? - and speak to Jonathan Ashworth, the ousted Labour MP, about what the new government is getting wrong.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsCamera Operator: Andy MackenzieVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nigel Farage has given his speech at Reform's first conference since winning five MPs at the general election, and Robert Jenrick says English identity is 'under threat'.Kamal and Camilla review Nigel Farage's big speech at the Reform conference, their first since the election, with 4000 members at the NEC in Birmingham there to see him as he plots a course to become Prime Minister by 2029.They ask where Reform go from here and how they can grow from five MPs into a fighting force that Farage thinks can 'destroy' the Conservatives. Plus, Robert Jenrick has been on manoeuvres and delivered a Farage-esque newspaper article bemoaning what he sees as the loss of 'English identity', and former prime minister of Canada Stephen Harper has been speaking about what the British right can learn from the Canadians...We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The PM's chief of staff has taken a nice payrise that means she now earns more than her own boss, whilst Sir Freebies himself can't kick the habit as revelations of more gifts emerge.A BBC story that Sue Gray, Keir Starmer's chief of staff, asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 - £3,000 more than the PM - has Westminster in a gossip frenzy, with leaks, power struggles and disgruntled advisers dominating the headlines. It all comes as Sir Keir Starmer is under fresh scrutiny for accepting more hospitality from donor Lord Alli - with the Telegraph revealing that Starmer used his £18m penthouse on multiple occasions.So Kamal and Camilla simply ask - what on earth is going on at the top of government, and how has it all unravelled so quickly?Read: Starmer ‘used Lord Alli’s £18m penthouse in No 10 campaign’We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It reads like something out of a spy thriller: thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah fighters exploded on Tuesday, killing at least 12 and wounding nearly 3,000 people. We bring you the remarkable story behind the attacks, believed to be caused by explosives planted in the devices by Israeli agents.The Telegraph's senior foreign correspondent Roland Oliphant tells us whether the plot against Iran-backed Hezbollah could trigger an an all-out regional war. Plus, our man in Israel, Jotam Confino, reports on how local media is reacting to the audacious plot.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And Ed Davey attacks the Conservatives in his conference speech, but shouldn't he have really gone after Labour - the party actually in power?4.3 million people could be out of work due to ill health by the end of this Parliament, ushering in an era of “disease and bankruptcy” for Britain, according to a new report from The Institute for Public Policy Research. Camilla and Kamal look at the report’s recommendations, including higher taxes on unhealthy foods, and ask if more nanny statism will really drag the country out of a health crisis.And Ed Davey has given his big speech at the Lib Dem conference, and used it largely to take aim at fourteen years of Conservative rule rather than holding Labour's feet to the fire. He has ambitions of being the official Opposition, so why did he focus on the Tories? Camilla senses a left wing stitch-up...Read: ‘Disease and bankruptcy beckon’ under Labour as Britain’s worklessness crisis deepensMidults Q&A: Do you need advice on a relationship dilemma?We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And as disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards is spared a custodial sentence today - what does it say about our justice system that he isn't in prison?The PM is known to be keen on a freebie - whether it's Arsenal tickets or expensive specs. Having accepted over £50,000 in donations in the last year alone from Labour peer Lord Alli, including clothes for his wife which he failed to properly declare, could 'Mr Rules' actually be the greediest PM ever?Plus, with Sir Freebies in Rome chatting to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni about immigration, we ask a former head of the UK Border Force why Europe is having more success dealing with small boats.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Camille BaveraEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Out-of-touch institutions for an entitled few or places of excellence offering essential support for kids who don't fit into state schools? Private schools have found themselves in Labour's crosshairs after it announced a controversial VAT rise, with the government now facing a potential high court challenge for breaching human rights. Camilla and Tim bust some of the myths surrounding private schools in the UK, hear from people who send their children there, and consider the impact of the VAT rise with some schools already forced to close. Additional reporting by Maighna Nanu and Pieter Snepvangers.ReadPrivate school closes – and blames Labour for pricing out working class familiesWe want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus a chat with Sir Graham Brady about his favourite Tory PM and his new "tell-all" book about his long tenure as chairman of the 1922 committee.From "ballooning" waiting times to delays in A&E to deteriorating cancer care, Keir Starmer is blaming the Tories for all the NHS's problems. Camilla and Tim look at Lord Darzi's damning report and break down what’s really gone wrong.Sir Graham Brady, the former chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tories, tells us which Tory prime minister he liked best and why he has chosen to write a 'tell-all' book about his private conversations with them.And - can the British public tell their Badenochs from their Tugendhats? We head to the streets to find out.Producers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take you behind the scenes as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head for the first time in a live televised presidential debate on ABC. Camilla is joined by a bleary-eyed Tim Stanley, who stayed up all night watching, to dissect the two candidates' performance, and they're also joined by US editor Tony Diver who was in the 'spin room' afterwards as Trump arrived to tell everyone he'd had a 'great debate'.Plus - banning social media for under 16s, a good idea or just nanny state meddling? Australian PM Anthony Albanese has proposed it, but Camilla and Tim are dead against...Producers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Earlier today, thousands of convicts were released onto the streets before the end of their sentences to help alleviate overcrowding. Camilla Tominey and Gordon Rayner speak to the former prison governor Vanessa Frake-Harris who dealt with Moors murderer Myra Hindley and serial killer Rose West behind bars, and ask how to solve the crisis in our prisons.Plus, five have become four in the Tory leadership contest as Mel Stride was knocked out of the running in the latest round of voting. Camilla and Gordon react to the news on a busy day of voting in Westminster, with the government’s cut to winter fuel allowance also voted through in parliament despite a threat of rebellion from Labour MPs.And the Princess of Wales’ video marking the end of her chemotherapy treatment - majestic or mawkish?Read:Camilla Tominey: Scenes of Prince and Princess of Wales kissing reflect their love in a time of turmoilWe want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Davis tells The Daily T he thinks “the balance of probabilities” is that the killer nurse is innocent, just as the health secretary says the public campaign to free her is “crass and insensitive”.With an inquiry into her crimes due to begin this week, the veteran Tory MP is in the studio again to reveal his own conclusions about Letby’s case. We also hear from a Cambridge statistician who has raised concerns about the evidence used to convict the nurse of murdering seven babies.Plus, is Labour brave enough to reform the NHS? Ahead of the publication of a damning report on the health service, Camilla and Gordon ask why the new government are overlooking one its biggest crises: social care.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The favourite in the Conservative leadership race is in the Daily T studio for a cuppa, in our fifth and final interview with the remaining candidates.In this frank conversation, shadow housing minister Kemi Badenoch takes aim at her rival Robert Jenrick over his migration promises, addresses claims she’s too inexperienced to lead, and reveals her little-known talent for poker.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioWith thanks to the British LGBT Awards for the use of their material.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was Tony Blair a political visionary who transformed Britain - or a warmongering hypocrite with a God complex?As the former prime minister publishes a new book about his lessons on leadership, Camilla, Kamal and Tim Stanley go head-to-head on Blair’s hotly contested legacy.Plus, it’s the issue that got you talking: when is a Union Jack actually a Union flag?We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kamal and Camilla give their verdict on the Tory leadership race result. Plus, who is to blame for Grenfell, and will anyone actually end up in the dock? Robert Mendick joins The Daily T again to discuss the Grenfell Inquiry’s final report and whether it gives the answers the survivors and bereaved have been waiting for. Don’t miss our deep dive episode on the deadly fire, including first-hand accounts of that night and why the inquiry is seen as a failure by many.We want to hear from you!Email us at [email protected] find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MP David Davis joins The Daily T to talk patriotism, the Oasis ticket fiasco, and the latest Tory leadership bid launch. The number of Britons who say they are proud of the country’s history has fallen dramatically, according to The British Social Attitudes Survey. So why aren’t we proud of Britain anymore?Plus, as Ticketmaster faces a Government investigation into ‘dynamic pricing’, we ask if Labour should take the ticket giant to task or stay out of policing the free market.Producers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Conservative leadership campaign launches are coming in thick and fast, with Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly formally kicking off their bids today. Camilla was at both events and gives her take on which of the candidates has the ‘X factor’ - and who might be a bit too ‘blokey’ to go all the way.Plus, the government has scrapped one-word Ofsted judgements following the suicide of a headteacher in 2022. Camilla and Kamal ask: is this a knee-jerk reaction that offers a solution to the wrong problem?ReadLabour are even worse than feared – but the Tories must still be willing to change, by Nick TimothyProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was one of the UK’s worst modern disasters - and yet seven years on, no one has been held accountable for the Grenfell fire. With the official inquiry’s final report set to be released, people are expecting answers. How did the London tower block catch fire so quickly in June 2017? Why did 72 people die? And who is to blame?A police investigation is still ongoing, meaning the bereaved and survivors of Grenfell Tower will have to wait until at least 2027 before anyone can face charges. Chief Reporter Rob Mendick has been speaking to Flora and Hisam who were directly affected by the fire, Kimia Zabihyan (Advocate and Co-ordinator of Grenfell Next of Kin), and lawyer Imran Khan to hear what they think about the inquiry and what they want to see from the upcoming report into the tragedy.Reporter: Robert MendickProducer: Georgia CoanScript Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.