BBC Politics
Former commando Al Carns MP: "An amazing operation excellently prosecuted by our Royal Marines"
- Title
- Former commando Al Carns MP: "An amazing operation excellently prosecuted by our Royal Marines"
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Al Carns MP, former Royal Marines commando, analyses an overnight operation to intercept a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel.
#bbclaurak
- Title
- Starmer defends 'hard-edged decisions' on defence spending | BBC News
- Runtime
- 3:55
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- Keir Starmer has told the BBC he's made "hard-edged" decisions to increase defence spending and says it will be the "number one priority at every spending review"
Speaking in an exclusive interview with BBC political editor Chris Mason, Starmer also said that it is his "duty" to carry on as prime minister.
Read more details from the interview on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/47jfg3w
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#UKPolitics #BBCNews
- Title
- Keir Starmer told the BBC he's concentrating on the job he "was elected to do". #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
- Title
- UK PM Keir Starmer has vowed to "fight" for his job. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
- Title
- Al Carns has criticised the government's plans for defence spending. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
- Title
- Trump's World Cup chief challenged on US entry, ticket prices and accessibility
- Runtime
- 10:44
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Andrew Giuliani, Executive Director, White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026, speaks to Newsnight about entry into the US, ticket prices and accessibility at the tournament. Interview by Victoria Derbyshire.
#politics #uspolitics #worldcup #worldcup2026 #trump #donaldtrump #whitehouse #bbc #bbcnews #bbcnewsnight #newsnight
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- Locals in the Makerfield constituency questioned on the significant by-election. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
- Title
- Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt reacts to John Healey's resignation | BBC Politics Live
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt has reacted to John Healey's resignation as defence secretary, saying the decision is "a very sad day for British politics."
Speaking on the BBC's Politics Live, the former chancellor said Healey has been "very brave" and it "will not have been easy for him to give up a job that he clearly loved."
Read the latest updates on this story on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/3Sg0WEc
For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
#BBCPolitics #BBCNews
- Title
- UK defence secretary resigns over government’s defence spending plans. #JohnHealey #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
- Title
- John Healey resigns as defence secretary from Keir Starmer's government | BBC Politics Live
- Runtime
- 5:36
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- John Healey has resigned as defence secretary in a letter to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the government's plans for defence spending.
Healey's letter to Starmer said the financial settlement for the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) offered by the prime minister "falls well short of what is required for defence and the country and this dangerous time".
He added "after explaining to you that I would not be able to accept a DIP settlement that does not give our forces the resources they need, I am now left with no other option than to submit my resignation".
BBC Political Editor Chris Mason reacts to the news that piles further pressure on the prime minister.
Read the latest updates on this story on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/3Sg0WEc
For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
#BBCPolitics #BBCNews
- Title
- "A sense of fear" has spread amongst ethnic minority people", Hilary Benn said. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
- Title
- How secure can the UK's Common Travel Area with Republic of Ireland be? | BBC Radio 4 PM
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Questions about how the UK can have a secure border while having a Common Travel Area (CTA) with the Republic of Ireland have been raised in the wake of the knife attack in north Belfast on Monday.
PM presenter Evan Davis discusses the subject with Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy, chair of the Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in the Irish parliament.
The CTA offers "great advantages to our people on a social and economic level," the Irish government told PM.
"The invisible border on the island of Ireland is among the most tangible gains of the peace process and is essential to the continuing normalisation of relationships," it added.
Read more on this story on the BBC News Website: https://bbc.in/4eASZ5e
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#BBCPolitics #BBCNews
- Title
- "Don't make the same mistake we did" | Jeremy Hunt on the risks of changing PM & British "gloom"
- Runtime
- 28:25
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP speaks to Newsnight about why believes there's "too much gloom about Britain's future", what can be done to help the UK "flourish" and how he took the call to become Liz Truss's Chancellor after the mini-budget. The Conservative MP, author of 'Can We Be Rich Again', also discusses the risks with changing Prime Ministers in a short space of time. Interview by Victoria Derbyshire.
#politics #ukpolitics #uk #ukeconomy #britain #unitedkingdom #politicalnews #westminster #jeremyhunt #victoriaderbyshire #bbc #bbcnews #bbcnewsnight #newsnight
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- “I’m talking about the self-inflicted wounds!” | Mehdi Hasan and Jeremy Hunt debate the UK economy
- Runtime
- 5:07
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Former Chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt and and Zeteo UK editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan debate the state of the UK economy and how best to stimulate growth. Interview by Victoria Derbyshire.
#politics #ukpolitics #politicalnews #westminster #economy #bbc #bbcnews #bbcnewsnight #newsnight #jeremyhunt #mehdihasan #victoriaderbyshire
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- Should we be worried about the environmental impacts of AI data centres? | BBC Politics Live
- Runtime
- 8:45
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- "Water demand of AI data centres could be equivalent to the basic needs of 1.3 billion people by 2030," Global Witness’s head of investigations Patrick Galey has told the BBC's Politics Live.
Former Brexit Party MEP Lucy Harris, argued AI is good for growth and that “when it comes to the cost of living crisis, the priority of ordinary people is not the climate.”
Presenter Vicki Young was also joined in the studio by Labour MP Lola McEvoy and Green MP Siân Berry.
Read more on this story on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/43twskB
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#PoliticsLive #UKPolitics #BBCNews
- Title
- We're seeing a "race-based pogrom" in Belfast, MP Claire Hanna said. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:42
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
- Title
- "He can’t survive" | Mick Lynch on Keir Starmer's response to a leadership challenge
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Former RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch discusses Sir Keir Starmer's "in it to win it" response to a potential leadership challenge.
A full list of candidates for the Makerfield by-election can be found on the BBC News website.
#Newsnight
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- 'Why hasn't Nigel Farage held a press conference since reports of his £5m gift?'
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- "Nigel Farage hasn't held a press conference for 40 days, since details of his £5 million gift from his billionaire crypto friend in Thailand was reported in April."
"He's out there speaking to people."
Victoria Derbyshire interviews Reform UK's Laila Cunningham.
#Newsnight
- Title
- Victoria Derbyshire challenges Laila Cunningham on Reform Makerfield by-election campaign
- Runtime
- 13:32
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Reform UK's candidate for London Mayor Laila Cunningham speaks to Newsnight about her party's campaign in the Makerfield by-election. Further debate includes former RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch. Interview by Victoria Derbyshire.
A full list of candidates can be found on the BBC News website.
#politics #ukpolitics #bbc #bbcnews #bbcnewsnight #newsnight #reformuk #reform #victoriaderbyshire
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- One in 10 UK graduates earn less than the living wage five years after graduating | Politics Live
- Runtime
- 4:44
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- A new Policy Exchange report on the UK’s higher education sector found that more than a quarter of graduates are earning below the national living wage - £12.71 per hour for over-21s, five years after finishing their degrees.
To discuss the findings and whether a university degree still offers value, Politics Live host Vicki Young was joined by Labour MP Alex McIntyre, Shadow Welsh Secretary Mims Davies, and SNP MP Pete Wishart.
For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
#BBCNews
- Title
- Should the UK give up its nuclear weapons? | BBC Politics Live
- Runtime
- 7:36
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- SNP MP Pete Wishart has said the UK should save money to spend on the Armed Forces by scrapping its nuclear arsenal.
Speaking to BBC's Politics Live, Wishart said: "they’re talking even about cutting the welfare budget and leaving some of the most vulnerable people in our country exposed to whatever austerity will be coming when we’ve got a weapon here that we will hopefully never ever use.”
Former Head of the Royal Navy and Labour peer Lord West disagreed saying, “I would not be happy with people like Putin running around if we didn’t have any nuclear weapons.”
Read more on this story on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/4xiZP6O
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#UKPolitics #BBCNews
- Title
- "He can’t survive" | Mick Lynch on Keir Starmer's response to a leadership challenge
- Runtime
- 5:00
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- The Prime Minister has a new mantra, Newsnight learns, asserting that he'll fight any leadership challenge. Former RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch and Reform UK's Laila Cunningham discus Sir Keir Starmer's "in it to win it" response to a potential leadership challenge. Interview by Victoria Derbyshire.
A full list of candidates in the Makerfield by-election can be found on the BBC News website.
#politics #ukpolitics #keirstarmer #labour #labourparty #westminster #bbc #bbcnews #bbcnewsnight #newsnight #victoriaderbyshire
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- Makerfield by-election debate
- Runtime
- 1:00:15
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- With more than a week of campaigning remaining until the Makerfield by-election, BBC North West Tonight's Annabel Tiffin presents a special debate, involving Conservative, Green, Liberal Democrat, Labour and Reform UK candidates.
Visit the BBC News website for a full list of candidates standing in the by-election on 18 June: https://bbc.in/4fswSin
For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
#BBCNews
- Title
- Gareth Southgate documentary examines issues faced by young men and boys | BBC Politics Live
- Runtime
- 8:56
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Former England football manager, Sir Gareth Southgate, has travelled the country for a new documentary, highlighting the struggles young men are facing with school, work and mental health.
Spreaking on the BBC's Politics Live, Mark Brooks from the Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys said “for far too long, for decades, we’ve seen young men and boys as a problem … and we’ve taken our eye off the ball about some of the issues young men and boys face."
Presenter Vicki Young was also joined by Labour MP Tom Hayes, Conservative peer Craig Mackinlay and Eva Santina, political editor of PoliticsJoe.
Read more on this story on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/4ohu4qE
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#PoliticsLive #UKPolitics #BBCNews
- Title
- London Mayor Sadiq Khan's manosphere warning I BBC News
- Runtime
- 9:26
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has supported a ban for under-16s from social media, casting it as the only realistic way to tackle the harms children already face online.
He has also warned that the growing influence of the manosphere risks creating a "lost generation of young men".
Freddie Feltham, the co-host of The What's Left podcast, Conservative activist Shabnam Nasimi and Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney debate the issue on the BBC's Politics London.
Read more on this story on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/4g4f4u3
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#UKPolitics #BBCNews
- Title
- PM Keir Starmer calls on tech firms to clamp down on explicit images. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:38
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
- Title
- " 'Equality' does not always necessarily mean 'the same' "
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Justice Secretary David Lammy MP is challenged on whether the Police Anti-Racism Comittment is consistent with equality.
#bbclaurak
- Title
- "Do you think that the police is institutionally racist?"
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Watch what each of the #bbclaurak guests said...
- Title
- "I think it is disgusting"
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- "There are some people...who are using this situation to fit into rhetoric that they had locked and loaded around migration"
Lib Dem MP Josh Barbarinde say's he's disgusted by the response of some politicians to the murder of Henry Nowak.
#bbclaurak
- Title
- "Racism is being weaponised. It's being seen as the ultimate sin"
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Women and equalities secretary Claire Coutinho MP calls for a rapid review of way police acted after Henry Nowak was attacked on a night out.
#bbclaurak
- Title
- David Lammy: JD Vance is wrong over Nowak comments | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
- Runtime
- 17:48
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has said he called US Vice-President JD Vance to tell him he was "wrong" in the comments he made about the murder of teenager Henry Nowak.
Vance blamed the death of the 18-year-old British student, who was fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa last year, on the "mass invasion of migrants" and said the "only response" was "righteous anger".
Lammy told the BBC he had spoken to Vance on Saturday and told the vice-president the killing "has got nothing to do with mass migration".
Digwa falsely claimed he had been racially abused and had acted in self-defence after murdering Nowak in Southampton in December last year.
Digwa, who is British and was born in the UK, was jailed for life for murdering Nowak with a blade he claimed he was carrying for religious reasons linked to his Sikh faith.
Bodycam footage showed police handcuffing Nowak as he lay dying after Digwa falsely claimed to officers he was ...
- Title
- Andy Burnham challenged on leadership ambitions, fiscal rules & 'strong public control' stance
- Runtime
- 13:23
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- In his first interview since saying he would join a contest to replace Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham tells Newsnight he wants to cut small business taxes, take Thames Water into public control and grasp the nettle of social care. But do the sums add up? With Matt Chorley and Victoria Derbyshire.
A full list of candidates can be found on the BBC News website.
#politics #politicalnews #ukpolitics #andyburnham #bbc #bbcnews #bbcnewsnight #newsnight #victoriaderbyshire
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- "Develop a hobby" | Anthropic co-founder on AI creating "jobs that don't even exist yet"
- Runtime
- 26:43
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- In an interview with BBC Newsnight's Faisal Islam, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark has called for the ability to slow progression of artificial intelligence (AI), warning the technology is nearing a point where it could develop without human input.
"You want the option to be able to take your foot off the gas and put your foot on the brake", Clark told Newsnight. "Right now, it's like the AI industry has a gas pedal, but it doesn't have a brake pedal."
He stressed people, through government policy, need to keep control of AI systems, which will only get more powerful and have broader impacts on society.
"The world needs to do some thinking and we need to eventually develop some new regulations that allow us to be confident in these systems," he said.
Already, Anthropic's popular chatbot Claude is operating on code of which 80% the system wrote itself. Getting to 100% is possible within two years, Clark said, and "would have huge impli...
- Title
- Question Time asks how politicians can restore public trust. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Title
- Andy Burnham and Peter Kenyon asked how can politicians restore public trust. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Title
- Kemi Badenoch has warned of rising tensions as a result of identity politics. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Title
- How do social media companies send young people to harmful content? I BBC Politics Live
- Runtime
- 10:13
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- In 2022, Aimee Walton from Southampton died at the age of 21 after taking poison recommended in the online pro-suicide chat room.
Her sister Adele Zeynep Walton is now calling for greater regulation of social media companies.
Adele believes that social media companies are responsible for a huge amount of societal harms, and wants the government to hold big tech companies to account.
Adele joined BBC Politics Live, alongside Labour MP Anna Dixon and former Conservative Health Minister Lord Bethell, to speak about her experience and what can be done to regulate social media companies.
If you are suffering distress or despair, details of help and support are available at BBC Action Line. https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/
For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
#BBCNews
- Title
- Keir Starmer has accused Elon Musk of trying to whip up division over Henry Nowak's murder. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:19
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Title
- Ex-police officer & Reform politician clash over Nigel Farage's "pure cold rage" Henry Nowak comment
- Runtime
- 10:45
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- Reform UK's Laila Cunningham, ex-police superintendent Leroy Logan and Labour MP Jo White discuss Nigel Farage's "pure cold rage" comments in response to the treatment of Henry Nowak by police. Interview by Matt Chorley.
#politics #ukpolitics #bbcnewsnight #bbc #bbcnews #newsnight
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- Police criticised for the response to the murder of Henry Nowak | BBC Politics Live
- Runtime
- 9:17
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- Guests on BBC Two’s Politics Live have discussed criticism of the police over the response to the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak in Southampton.
Vicki Young was joined by Dal Babu, a former chief superintendent at the Metropolitan Police, Labour MP Kim Johnson, Conservative peer Daniel Finkelstein and Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor at The i Paper.
Finkelstein said he wants to see “a system” that is “blind to people’s backgrounds”, while Johnson said “black communities” are “often over-policed and under-served”.
Read more on this story on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/4u8Scgp
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#PoliticsLive #UKPolitics #BBCNews
- Title
- Farage and Starmer clash over policing following Henry Nowak murder. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- Title
- Ex-police officer & MP criticises actions of police in murder of Henry Nowak by Vickrum Digwa
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- "To me it's unfathomable" - Former police officer and Labour MP, Jonathan Hinder, criticises the actions of police in the murder of Henry Nowak by Vickrum Digwa: "the use of handcuffs is just impossible to explain".
#Newsnight
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- Henry Nowak's death should not "lead to more hate and division", Sarah Jones said. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:42
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- Title
- "There are serious questions" | Poppy Coburn & Jonathan Hinder MP on Henry Nowak murder
- Runtime
- 6:14
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- The murderer of Henry Nowak has been jailed for life. But why didn't police believe Nowak had been stabbed by Vickrum Digwa when they arrived at the murder scene? Newsnight panellists Poppy Coburn, Associate Comment Editor at the The Daily Telegraph, and Labour MP Jonathan Hinder discuss the case. Interview by Victoria Derbyshire.
#newsnight #bbcnewsnight #bbcnews #bbcnews
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- "It's never been this hard" | Top chefs on "crippling" situation facing pubs and restaurants
- Runtime
- 32:43
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- Tom Kerridge, Yotam Ottolenghi, Ravneet Gill and Simon Rogan are urging the government to cut VAT for restaurants, pubs and wider hospitality as they warn working in the industry is the "hardest it has ever been". The chefs told Newsnight that VAT should be slashed to 10% to ease pressure on businesses and bring rates closer to levels across Europe. Interview by Katie Razzall.
#restaurant #pubs #politics #bbc #bbcnews #bbcnewsnight #newsnight
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- 'It's felt like a witchhunt' for transgender people | BBC Politics Live
- Runtime
- 6:43
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- Author Matt Goodwin has said the debate around the use of single-sex spaces by trans people has "lost complete touch with science."
Speaking on BBC2’s Politics Live, the former Reform UK candidate said, a "bunch of radical activists decided they would try and impose a radical ideology on the rest of us, make us use gender pronouns and believe that actually anybody can identify any particular way."
"We're not talking about radical ideology. You've got a problem with anyone even wanting to call themselves they/them - why do you care?" Labour MP Samantha Niblett responded.
Earlier in the debate, the MP for South Derbyshire questioned the proportionality of the guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission that toilets and changing rooms must be used on the basis of biological sex, saying, "for half a percent of the UK population that identify as transgender, it's felt like a little bit of a witch hunt."
Read more on this story...
- Title
- "The President's approval ratings are very low" | Anthony Scaramucci on Trump's mid-terms chances
- Runtime
- 5:38
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci discusses the ongoing impacts of the Iran war on President Trump's domestic policy. Interview by Victoria Derbyshire.
#Trump #donaldtrump #uspolitics #politics #politicalnews #iran #whitehouse #bbc #bbcnews #bbcnewsnight #newsnight #anthonyscaramucci #victoriaderbyshire
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
- Title
- The police watchdog will investigate Henry Nowak's murder, Shabana Mahmood said. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- Title
- More than 1,000 pages of documents have been released. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:33
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Title
- More than £1m was spent on the latest release of Lord Mandelson documents. #BBCNews
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
