Matt Chorley's Urgent Questions

Matt Chorley brings you the biggest interviews, latest news and best analysis from the heart of Westminster every weekday. It's politics, but not as you know it...

Episodes (198 available)

Spin Cycle: how do you stop loose lips from sinking ships?

Plus… Swinney v Burnham: who is winning?

15 Oct 2026

1 hr 7 mins

What does the Chancellor need to aim his budget at?

Plus… how would comedy writer Andy Hamilton rewrite PMQs?

14 Oct 2026

1 hr 6 mins

What's it like to speed date the PM?

Plus… where is UK public opinion on the EU?

13 Oct 2026

56 mins

Is Brexit back?

Plus… who is using AI in the Lords?

12 Oct 2026

50 mins

What's the best diplomatic approach to Donald Trump?

Plus… when was the most boring vote in the Commons?

8 Oct 2026

47 mins

What does your supermarket say about your politics?

Plus… how will Jeffrey Archer be remembered?

6 Oct 2026

42 mins

Can the Conservatives make themselves relevant?

Plus...why is everyone talking about a 'tapestry'?

5 Oct 2026

50 mins

Spin Cycle: what's the best response to Andy Burnham's speech?

Plus… where is blanket a banned word?

1 Oct 2026

56 mins

How do you pass A-Level politics?

Plus… where can you find "free from" food in Kabul?

30 Sept 2026

55 mins

Will John Healey stand up to the oche?

Plus… can you do hope on a budget?

28 Sept 2026

46 mins