Conservative conference: Tax, Truss, and HS2
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt held firm on tax cuts, despite growing pressure from his colleagues at the Conservative Party conference on Monday. "The plan is working and now we must see it through," he said...
2 Okt 202327min
'Psychological torture': The row over never-ending prison sentences
Thousands of prisoners remain incarcerated on open-ended prison sentences under a now defunct scheme, known as IPP sentencing. The no-maximum prison sentences, some of which were given to offenders of...
29 Sep 202321min
HS2: Is the UK bad at big infrastructure projects?
When it was first given the go-ahead back in 2012, Britain's new high-speed rail line connecting the south, the Midlands and the north of England was predicted to cost £32.7bn. Now, after delays and i...
28 Sep 202321min
Consumption rooms: How much of a solution for Scotland’s drug problem?
Scotland will be home to the UK’s first so-called ‘consumption rooms’ where drug users will be able to get their fix more safely. Recent stats showed that despite a fall this year, Scotland still has ...
27 Sep 202322min
Should we be taking the Liberal Democrats seriously?
The Liberal Democrats conference in Bournemouth saw leader Sir Ed Davey hinting that his party would be prepared to do a post-election deal with Labour to prevent the Conservatives from forming a gove...
26 Sep 202329min
'I just want a normal life': How do we end rough sleeping?
Ian Harrison is 33 and has spent his adult life on the streets. He's among more than an estimated 270,000 homeless people in England. Sky News has been following Ian's journey as a government promise ...
25 Sep 202316min
What’s the future for kids’ TV?
It seems everything is moving online these days, so it’s perhaps no surprise that kids TV is too. CITV, ITV’s children’s channel, is no longer; it’s moving to the company’s streaming service, ITVx. It...
22 Sep 202324min
Beyond the pomp: What is the true state of UK relations with France?
The King and Queen are on a state visit to France this week, which includes stops in Paris and Bordeaux. The three-day trip would have been Charles’ first royal visit abroad as King back in March – bu...
21 Sep 202318min
