On this week's episode - The first big vote of 2017 is set to be for locally elected mayors. Significant power - and money - will be devolved. But is the system transparent enough to stop mistakes being made? We hear from the chair of Parliament's prestigious Public Accounts Committee, Meg Hillier, who has voiced some concerns. Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott is set to join the Privy Council, whilst Labour strategists are planning to boost the party’s ratings in the polls by relaunching...

On this week's podcast - As Labour continues to tiptoe around the question 'does leaving the EU mean leaving the single market?' we hear from Andy Burnham , who thinks it should. This week Parliament voted to approve the Prime Minister's timetable for Brexit. Former Cabinet Minister Ken Clare was the only Conservative MP to vote against the government. He explains why... A fresh legal challenge has been launched today by anti-Brexit campaigners seeking to ensure the UK remains within the...

On this week’s Murnaghan podcast – Boris Johnson was said to have been left “absolutely furious” after it was reported last week that he privately disclosed to a handful of EU Ambassadors that he supports freedom of movement, despite the Government’s ‘hard’ stance on Brexit. Dermot puts these claims to the Foreign Secretary, Mr Johnson. UKIP’s newly elected leader, Paul Nuttall, has said he intends to replace the Labour party and make UKIP the patriotic voice of working people. We hear from...

On this week’s programme, presented by Sophy Ridge - Theresa May is set to announce a crack-down on executive pay this week, as part of her pledge to restore public trust in big businesses. To discuss this, and also to reflect on the Chancellor Philip Hammond's first Autumn statement last week, we hear from the Work and Pensions Secretary, Damian Green MP and from the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell MP. With the launch of a new book ‘Born a Crime’ about growing up in Apartheid South...

On this week’s Murnaghan podcast – With the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, set to deliver his first Autumn Statement this week, we hear from Paul Dreschler, President of the Confederation of small Businesses, on what he is hoping to hear from the Chancellor. We also hear from Labour MP Chuka Umunna, former Shadow Business Secretary and a supporter of the Open Britain campaign and from Conservative Dominic Raab, Member of the Exiting the EU Committee who was a prominent Leave campaigner, on...

This week's Remembrance Sunday special edition of Murnaghan includes an extended interview with the Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach. The Sunday Newspaper reviewers discuss whether Ed Balls' popularity on Strictly can help him find a way back into politics and we hear from the shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith on Donald Trump and nuclear disarmament. #murnaghan #RemembranceSunday #USelection2016 #Trump

On this week's episode our guests include Damian Hinds MP, Jonathan Reynolds MP and Ukip leadership candidate Paul Nuttall.

On this week’s episode – The battle for Mosul is now in its seventh day and the Iraqi army says around 50 villages have been liberated from ISIS militants. But has a plan been made for what happens after the fight for the city is over? I put this to Rory Stewart, Minister of State at the Department for International Development. After years of negotiations, talks of Canada’s trade-deal with the EU broke down on Friday. Due to be signed next week and with all 28 member states in support of...

On this week's Murnaghan podcast - We hear from David Mundell, the Secretary of State for Scotland who has – controversially - been denied a seat on Theresa May’s Brexit cabinet committee and Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. Revelations have emerged that Boris Johnson, prominent Brexiteer, wrote unpublished newspaper columns supporting Britain staying in the European Union just two days before he announced he would support the Leave campaign. We hear from Tim Shipman, political...

On this week’s Murnaghan podcast – Suzanne Evans, former deputy chair of UKIP in her first appearance since Diane James resigned as the fractured party’s leader, and since the shock hospitalisation of one of its MEPs after a fight. Nicky Morgan, the former Education Secretary, who is threatening to oppose Theresa May’s central policies on Brexit and grammar schools. Pat McFadden, the former Shadow Europe Minister, who joins the former Education Secretary in advocating a so-called ‘soft...

Highlights from today's Murnaghan programme featuring interviews with International Development Secretary Priti Patel, former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith, Tony Blair's former Director of Communications Alastair Campbell, and political journalists Harry Cole, Rowena Mason and Dan Hodges #CPC16 #EU #Murnaghan #Brexit #SkyNews

This week's Murnaghan podcast comes to you from the heart of the Labour conference in Liverpool. Following Jeremy Corbyn's landslide victory in the Labour leadership election we hear from Seema Malhotra MP, the former Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury who resigned during the summer coup, and to the shadow Chancellor, Lord McDonnell MP, who remained loyal to Mr Corbyn throughout the leadership election. As debate over Theresa May's grammar schools proposal continues we also hear from...

On this week’s episode – As the Syria ceasefire hangs in the balance we hear from the former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, now President of the International Rescue Committee. With Mr Miliband’s old party’s leadership contest coming to a close next weekend, we also hear from Labour’s Owen Smith, the self-professed ‘unity candidate’ attempting to unseat Jeremy Corbyn. Momentum, the pro-Corbyn campaign group, has once again been accused of pushing a ‘hard-left’ agenda and threatening to...

This week's Murnaghan podcast features interviews with the Shadow Foreign Secretary and Shadow Secretary for Brexit, Emily Thornberry MP; Conservative MEP and prominent Leave campaigner, Daniel Hannan and chair of Vote Leave Watch and candidate for Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Chuka Umunna MP. Finally, a team of top political pundits share their insight on this week’s news. Matt Chorley, editor of the Times’ Red Box; Rowena Mason, deputy political editor at the Guardian; and...

With Brexit negotiations looming and MPs on their way back to Westminster for the start of a new Parliament, the summer holidays are well and truly over. And whilst the Prime Minister attends the G20 summit, at home Jeremy Hunt 's dispute with the junior doctors continues... This week's episode features interviews with the Shadow Health Secretary, Diane Abbott MP; the former Media, Culture and Sport Secretary, John Whittingdale and the former Northern Ireland Secretary, Theresa Villiers...

A new Prime Minister, a new cabinet, and an opposition party in flux. Another week of political upheaval... On this week's Murnaghan podcast - David Davis MP, the new Secretary of State for Leaving the EU, discusses the task ahead of him; John McDonnell MP gives his reaction to Mr Davis plans for Britain's exit from the EU; Hilary Benn MP and Angela Eagle MP both discuss the ongoing Labour leadership election; Rear Admiral Chris Parry and Scottish defense spokesman, Brendan O'Hara explain...

Another tumultuous week in politics and another great Murnaghan podcast to guide you through it. This week's episode features interviews with Lord Falconer, the former justice secretary; the latest Shadow Education Secretary, Angela Rayner MP; the former Communities Secretary Sir Eric Pickles MP; the SNP's leader in Westminster, Angus Robertson MP; and finally, as always, a team of top political pundits - the political editor of the Sun, Tom Newton Dunn; broadcaster and political...

This week’s Murnaghan podcast features highlights from today’s programme, including interviews with: the former Prime Minster, Tony Blair; the Conservative leadership hopeful and former defense secretary, Liam Fox MP; the former shadow health minister, Heidi Alexander MP; the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell MP; the former first Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond MP; and finally a team of top political pundits - Polly Toynbee from the Guardian, Sam Coates form the Times, and Isabel Hardman...

Britain has chosen to leave the EU, the Prime Minister has resigned and now the Labour party is in turmoil. To help us make sense of the week's events this edition of the Murnaghan podcast features interviews with key members from the Labour party including - the former Shadow Education Secretary, Tristram Hunt MP; the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell MP; the former Shadow Minister for Europe, Pat McFadden MP and the Shadow Defense Secretary Emily Thornberry MP. To reflect on the state of...

Dermot Murnaghan presents a special EU Referendum Podcast with a top team of political pundits. Senior editor of The Economist Anne McElvoy, author and journalist Toby Young and YouGov pollster Joe Twyman join Dermot to discuss the arguments ahead of Thursday's vote. Plus analysis from Sky's political editor Faisal Islam. #EURef #InOrOut #strongerin #voteleave #skyews #murnaghan

With only 10 days to go until the referendum this week’s show was, once again, all about Europe. To discuss the positive arguments for Britain remaining in the EU Dermot was joined by the former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown MP and the former Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg MP. On the other side of the debate we hear from Priti Patel MP, the employment minister, and the former Defence Secretary Liam Fox MP. Finally to help us make sense of how both campaigns are faring with voters Dermot was...

On this week’s Murnaghan podcast, featuring highlights from today’s show, we return once again to all things Europe. To discuss both sides of the EU debate we were joined by Labour’s Deputy leader, Tom Watson MP and the Energy Minister and Vote Leave campaigner, Andrea Leadsom MP. To mull over Sky’s TV debates last week with David Cameron and Michael Gove we had a top team of political pundits, including – The Telegraph’s Executive Political Editor, James Kirkup; Telegraph correspondent,...

Highlights from this week's Murnaghan programme, featuring interviews with the former Work and Pension's Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith MP; the shadow Home Secretary and Manchester Mayor hopeful, Andy Burnham and finally a team of top political pundits discussing all things Europe - the Sunday Times' political editor, Tim Shipman; The Telegraph's senior political editor, Kate McCann; and The Independent's political columnist, Steve Richards. #Brexit #EUref #referendum #Blair

Highlights from this week's Murnaghan programme, featuring interviews with the former acting Labour leader, Harriet Harman MP; the Justice Minister, Dominic Raab MP; the former Shadow Education Secretary, Tristram Hunt MP, and a team of experts to discuss the tactics used in both referendum campaigns - Charles Grant, director of the pro-EU think tank Centre for European Reform; Deborah Mattinson, the founder of Britain Thinks; and Lord Tim Bell, Margaret Thatcher's former adviser.