Politics Unpacked

PMQs: Poor Phil

Keir Starmer has met a supermarket worker called Phil who is struggling with his mortgage. Rishi Sunak says Phil will pay more in taxes under Labour. But where is Phil? Matt is joined by Times Policy Editor Oliver Wright and Red Box Editor Lara Spirit to pause and unpack the exchanges at PMQs. Plus: Columnists Alice Thomson and James Kirkup discuss <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-inquiry-live-latest-news-nicola-sturgeon-scotland-gd35cm35v" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nicola Sturgeon in front of the Covid inquiry,</a> why the<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dental-care-funding-crisis-is-beginning-to-bite-nqdhr3637" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> government should care about our teeth,</a> and <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mens-wild-weeing-has-to-stop-h5t2lnwvn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">why wild weeing has to stop.</a> Columnist Panel (04:32)PMQs Unpacked (24:20) Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times. You can listen to Hugo on DAB, smart speaker or app 10am-1pm Monday to Friday. If you like what you hear, then read more at <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.thetimes.com/</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.