Overview
Boris Johnson's decision to close schools in England in 2021 was 'panicked' and 'unnecessary', according to Gavin Williamson, the education secretary at the time. Is he right? Also, in the race for deputy leader of the Labour party, Bridget Phillipson tells Newsnight a win for her rival Lucy Powell risked 'destabilising the Party'. Lucy Powell is on the show to respond. With Victoria Derbyshire.
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46 - 1Starmer vs Musk January 06, 2025 -
46 - 2Elon Musk’s ‘Disinformation Endangering Me’ January 07, 2025 -
46 - 3Is the UK Economy in Trouble? January 08, 2025 -
46 - 4The inferno that woke the world January 09, 2025 -
46 - 5Come Back, Rachel? January 10, 2025 -
46 - 6Post Office Scandal: One Year On January 13, 2025 -
46 - 7Anti-corruption minister resigns January 14, 2025 -
46 - 8End of the Gaza war? January 15, 2025 -
46 - 9Grooming Inquiries: What's Changed? January 16, 2025 -
46 - 10Will Trump Be Different, Second Time Round? January 17, 2025 -
46 - 11Trump’s Inauguration January 20, 2025 -
46 - 12‘Face of Capitol Riot’ Speaks January 21, 2025 -
46 - 13Russian Spy Ships v Royal Navy January 22, 2025 -
46 - 14The Southport Murderer and the Missed Warnings January 23, 2025 -
46 - 15Telford Survivor speaks to Newsnight January 24, 2025 -
46 - 16Alarm in Greenland? January 27, 2025 -
46 - 17Can the Chancellor Bring Growth? January 28, 2025 -
46 - 18Can Rachel Reeves Grow the Economy? January 29, 2025 -
46 - 19Tragedy on the Potomac January 30, 2025 -
46 - 20Canada PM candidate Mark Carney on US tariffs January 31, 2025 -
46 - 21Trump Backtracks on Tariff Threat February 03, 2025 -
46 - 22Trump: ‘Relocate from Gaza’ February 04, 2025 -
46 - 23Failings in Nottingham Killer's Care February 05, 2025 -
46 - 24Is Elon Musk Too Powerful? February 06, 2025 -
46 - 25Is it too late to regulate AI? February 07, 2025 -
46 - 26Trouble for the Assisted Dying Bill? February 10, 2025 -
46 - 27Inside Trump’s Gaza plan February 11, 2025 -
46 - 28Has Trump pulled the plug on Ukraine? February 12, 2025 -
46 - 29Can Labour Save the NHS? February 13, 2025 -
46 - 30Has Putin Won the War in Ukraine? February 14, 2025 -
46 - 31Deal in the desert? February 17, 2025 -
46 - 32A New World Order February 18, 2025 -
46 - 33Trump Calls Zelensky a 'Dictator' February 19, 2025 -
46 - 34Is Donald Trump Re-writing the International Rulebook? February 20, 2025 -
46 - 35How Is Donald Trump Reshaping Europe? February 21, 2025 -
46 - 36US Votes With Russia at UN February 24, 2025 -
46 - 37Will Starmer’s Move Satisfy Trump? February 25, 2025 -
46 - 38Can Starmer Win Favour at the White House? February 26, 2025 -
46 - 39Trump and Starmer on US-UK Trade Deal February 27, 2025 -
46 - 40The Battle of the Oval Office: Trump v Zelensky February 28, 2025 -
46 - 41US Warning to Zelensky March 03, 2025 -
46 - 42Canada will never be the 51st state March 04, 2025 -
46 - 43Does the Kremlin want peace? March 05, 2025 -
46 - 44Europe rearms: too little, too late? March 06, 2025 -
46 - 45Putin Launches Fresh Ukraine Attack March 07, 2025 -
46 - 46Trump's Tariffs Spark Recession Fears March 10, 2025 -
46 - 47Dean Windass on His Dementia Diagnosis March 11, 2025 -
46 - 48Could AI replace my job? March 12, 2025 -
46 - 49Wes Streeting on the NHS March 13, 2025 -
46 - 50UK Benefit Cuts March 14, 2025 -
46 - 51How Big Are the Benefit Cuts? March 17, 2025 -
46 - 52Putin or Trump: Who’s Calling the Shots? March 18, 2025 -
46 - 53Young Men and Toxic Masculinity March 19, 2025 -
46 - 54Trouble in Trumpland March 20, 2025 -
46 - 55UK Exposed? March 21, 2025 -
46 - 56Turkey: Where Will It Lead? March 24, 2025 -
46 - 57Spring Statement: More Cuts to Come March 25, 2025 -
46 - 58Disability benefits cut again March 26, 2025 -
46 - 59Trade War Off? March 27, 2025 -
46 - 60No car tariff exemption? March 28, 2025 -
46 - 61Three terms for Trump? March 31, 2025 -
46 - 62"Prepare for the worst"? April 01, 2025 -
46 - 63The Trump Tariffs April 02, 2025 -
46 - 64UK responds to US tariffs April 03, 2025 -
46 - 65Global Stock Shock April 04, 2025 -
46 - 66Trump Threatens Iran April 07, 2025 -
46 - 6708/04/2025 April 08, 2025 -
46 - 68Did President Trump blink? April 09, 2025 -
46 - 69America v China April 10, 2025 -
46 - 70Parliament Recalled for British Steel April 11, 2025 -
46 - 71Prison Officer Attack April 14, 2025 -
46 - 72University Challenge April 15, 2025 -
46 - 73Democrat Fightback Begins? April 16, 2025 -
46 - 74The Italian Job Not Done? April 17, 2025 -
46 - 75Next in the Queue? April 22, 2025 -
46 - 76Is a lasting Ukraine peace close? April 23, 2025 -
46 - 77Rachel Reeves Goes to Washington April 24, 2025 -
46 - 78Donald Trump Goes to the Vatican April 25, 2025 -
46 - 79Kemi Badenoch on Newsnight April 28, 2025 -
46 - 80Carney's Fightback April 29, 2025 -
46 - 81Trump's Next 100 Days April 30, 2025 -
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46 - 83California Governor Gavin Newsom May 02, 2025 -
46 - 84India Strikes Pakistan May 05, 2025 -
46 - 85Breaking Point in Gaza? May 06, 2025 -
46 - 86The Trump/Starmer trade deal unwrapped May 07, 2025 -
46 - 87Exclusive: Mandelson on the trade deal May 08, 2025 -
46 - 88Starmer’s immigration crackdown May 12, 2025 -
46 - 89Assisted Dying: What’s Changed? May 13, 2025 -
46 - 90Gaza humanitarian crisis May 14, 2025 -
46 - 91"The Cult of Nigel" May 15, 2025 -
46 - 92Downing Street's Euro vision May 16, 2025 -
46 - 93Starmer’s EU reset May 19, 2025 -
46 - 94Rees-Mogg: time for a Tory-Reform pact May 20, 2025 -
46 - 95Can Reeves survive the U-turn? May 21, 2025 -
46 - 96Trump v Harvard May 22, 2025 -
46 - 97Trade Wars: Trump Takes Fight to Apple and Brussels May 23, 2025 -
46 - 98King Charles in Canada May 27, 2025 -
46 - 99The White House v Harvard May 28, 2025 -
46 - 100Trump Fights Back on Tariffs May 29, 2025 -
46 - 101Trump Waves Goodbye to Musk May 30, 2025 -
46 - 102A Nation's Shame: Grooming Survivors Speak June 02, 2025 -
46 - 103Grooming Gangs: More Arrests to Come? June 03, 2025 -
46 - 104Whitehall Wars Over the Spending Review June 04, 2025 -
46 - 105Break-up Season? June 05, 2025 -
46 - 106Musk Tears Into Trump June 06, 2025 -
46 - 107Trump Sends in the Marines June 09, 2025 -
46 - 108Disorder in Ballymena June 10, 2025 -
46 - 109Can Rachel Reeves Deliver Growth? June 11, 2025 -
46 - 110Indian Plane Crash June 12, 2025 -
46 - 111Israel and Iran exchange fire June 13, 2025 -
46 - 112Grooming Gangs: The Casey Audit June 16, 2025 -
46 - 113MPs vote to decriminalise abortion June 17, 2025 -
46 - 114Will Trump bomb Iran? June 18, 2025 -
46 - 115Government Resignation June 19, 2025 -
46 - 116Assisted Dying Bill Clears the Commons June 20, 2025 -
46 - 117Time for Peace? June 23, 2025 -
46 - 118Britain’s Nuclear Test Survivors June 24, 2025 -
46 - 119Welfare cuts: the next U-turn? June 25, 2025 -
46 - 120Another U-turn June 26, 2025 -
46 - 121Regrets? He Has a Few... June 27, 2025 -
46 - 122Welfare Bill in Trouble Again? June 30, 2025
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46 - 123Chaos and Confusion July 01, 2025 -
46 - 124Left in Tears July 02, 2025 -
46 - 125President Trump’s Victory July 03, 2025
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46 - 126AI 'Human Extinction' Warning July 04, 2025 -
46 - 127Can Starmer Smash the Gangs? July 07, 2025
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46 - 128Gregg Wallace sacked from MasterChef July 08, 2025 -
46 - 129Another Tory Defects to Reform July 09, 2025 -
46 - 130UK and France Strike Deal July 10, 2025 -
46 - 131Too hot to handle? July 11, 2025 -
46 - 13214/07/2025 July 14, 2025 -
46 - 133Taliban 'Could Be Targeting My Family' July 15, 2025 -
46 - 134Fiona Phillips's Alzheimer's - Her Husband Speaks July 16, 2025 -
46 - 135'It's Obvious This Labour leadership Wants Me Out' July 17, 2025 -
46 - 136The Epstein Files: Trump lashes out July 18, 2025 -
46 - 137Epping protests 'a powder keg' July 21, 2025 -
46 - 138A deal for Ghislaine Maxwell? July 22, 2025 -
46 - 139Migrant Hotels: More Disorder to Come? July 23, 2025 -
46 - 140Could Epstein overshadow Trump's UK visit? July 24, 2025
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46 - 141Trump arrives in Scotland July 25, 2025 -
46 - 142Trump: Gaza hunger must end July 28, 2025 -
46 - 143Farage in Row With Government Minister July 29, 2025 -
46 - 144Democrats Pressure Trump on Epstein Files July 30, 2025 -
46 - 145Why Are Channel Crossings Up? July 31, 2025 -
46 - 146Trump Deploys Nuclear Submarines August 01, 2025 -
46 - 147Starmer’s Small Boats Promise August 04, 2025 -
46 - 148Government Braced for Asylum Protests August 05, 2025 -
46 - 149French Wildfires August 06, 2025 -
46 - 150Putin-Trump Summit August 07, 2025 -
46 - 151Trump's Ukraine deal? August 08, 2025 -
46 - 152Trump Deploys National Guard to DC August 11, 2025 -
46 - 153Can European leaders persuade Trump on Ukraine deal? August 12, 2025 -
46 - 154Europe Tells Trump: Don't Sell Us Out August 13, 2025 -
46 - 155Can Trump Close the Ukraine Deal? August 14, 2025 -
46 - 156Trump and Putin finally meet August 15, 2025 -
46 - 157Is Ukraine Breakthrough Close? August 18, 2025 -
46 - 158Epping asylum seeker hotel to close August 19, 2025 -
46 - 159How to House UK Migrants? August 20, 2025 -
46 - 160The Epstein Files August 21, 2025 -
46 - 161Why Did the FBI Raid John Bolton? August 22, 2025 -
46 - 162Farage: Deport All Illegals August 26, 2025 -
46 - 163Lib Dems Snub Trump August 27, 2025 -
46 - 164Green v Green August 28, 2025 -
46 - 165Epping hotel ruling: a real win for the government? August 29, 2025 -
46 - 166Will the PM’s Reshuffle Work? September 01, 2025 -
46 - 167Green Party’s New Leader on Newsnight September 02, 2025 -
46 - 168Can Rayner Survive? September 03, 2025 -
46 - 169Rayner on the brink? September 04, 2025 -
46 - 170Rayner and a Reshuffle September 05, 2025 -
46 - 171The Battle for the Labour Deputy Leadership September 08, 2025 -
46 - 172Israel Strikes Doha September 09, 2025 -
46 - 173Charlie Kirk shot dead September 10, 2025 -
46 - 174US after the Charlie Kirk assassination September 11, 2025 -
46 - 175Starmer's September blues September 12, 2025 -
46 - 176Embattled Starmer prepares to welcome the President September 15, 2025 -
46 - 177Trump touches down in the UK September 16, 2025 -
46 - 178The Trump State Visit September 17, 2025 -
46 - 179Trump Visit Turns Political September 18, 2025 -
46 - 180Kimmel Axed: Where is this heading? September 19, 2025 -
46 - 181Trump’s 'Dangerous' Autism Claim September 22, 2025 -
46 - 182Trump’s shift on Ukraine September 23, 2025 -
46 - 183Zelensky's UN plea to stop Putin September 24, 2025 -
46 - 184'Strip the Duchess of York of her title' say Virginia Giuffre's family... September 25, 2025 -
46 - 185Labour's Liverpool Revamp - Will It Work? September 26, 2025 -
46 - 18629/09/2025 September 29, 2025
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46 - 187Starmer takes the fight to Farage: Will it work? September 30, 2025 -
46 - 188Racism and misogyny exposed in London's police October 01, 2025 -
46 - 189Manchester Synagogue Killings October 02, 2025 -
46 - 190Home Secretary: Palestine Marches are 'Un-British' October 03, 2025 -
46 - 191Kemi Badenoch: are voters listening? October 06, 2025 -
46 - 192Kemi: I'll Slash the Deficit October 07, 2025 -
46 - 193Did Kemi Badenoch Charm Her Party? October 08, 2025 -
46 - 194Gaza peace within reach? October 09, 2025 -
46 - 195Donald Trump: Global Peacemaker or American Autocrat? October 10, 2025 -
46 - 196What Next for Gaza? October 13, 2025 -
46 - 197Gavin Williamson v Boris Johnson October 14, 2025 -
46 - 198Why hasn’t more been done to protect children? October 15, 2025 -
46 - 199Starmer Condemns Israeli Football Ban October 16, 2025 -
46 - 200The Duke of York Loses His Titles October 17, 2025 -
46 - 201Prince Andrew Accuser: Her Story October 20, 2025 -
46 - 202Prince Andrew: A Matter for the Palace? October 21, 2025 -
46 - 203Will Prince Andrew Get Grilled by MPs? October 22, 2025 -
46 - 204Welsh woes for Labour? October 23, 2025 -
46 - 205Welcome to Seven-Party Politics October 24, 2025 -
46 - 206Prince Andrew: How damaging to the royal family? October 27, 2025 -
46 - 207Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica October 28, 2025 -
46 - 208Taxpayers' Money to a Migrant Sex Offender? October 29, 2025 -
46 - 209Andrew Mountbatten Windsor October 30, 2025 -
46 - 210Andrew Mountbatten Windsor: The American fallout October 31, 2025 -
46 - 211Reform UK's Economic Relaunch November 03, 2025 -
46 - 212Tax Rises to Come? November 04, 2025 -
46 - 213Another Two Prisoners Accidentally Let Go November 05, 2025 -
46 - 214Chaos in the justice system? November 06, 2025 -
46 - 215Starmer Returns November 07, 2025 -
46 - 216Trump vs the BBC November 10, 2025 -
46 - 217Challenge to Starmer? November 11, 2025 -
46 - 218Trump & The Epstein Files November 12, 2025 -
46 - 219Knives Out at Number 10 November 13, 2025 -
46 - 220Immigration Crackdown November 14, 2025