Iain Dale - The Whole Show

Should we have allowed the US to use Diego Garcia for expanded strikes?Iain is joined by LBC presenter Matt Frei, speaking from Jerusalem, to discuss the latest on the Middle East. He is also joined by former Labour Minister Ed Balls, who also served as the chairman of Norwich City Football Club, to find out why Norwich has been named the best place to live in the UK, as well as former BBC Editor and Controller, Mary Hockaday, to reflect on the life and work of Dame Jenni Murray.

What should the government be doing to help ships get through the Strait of Hormuz?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour Muslim Network chair Ali Milani, businesswoman and activist Gina Miller, former Conservative Digital Minister Matt Warman, plus the entrepreneur Leon Emirali.

Microbiologist Dr Simon Clarke takes LBC listeners' calls on the meningitis B outbreak in Kent.Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative Deputy Chief Whip Joy Morrissey, Labour MP Alex Sobel, plus think-tank directors Charlotte Pickles from Re:State and Mathew Lawrence from Common Wealth.

Should the planned royal visit to the US now be delayed or even cancelled?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman, the Green Party leader in Westminster Dr Ellie Chowns, businesswoman Kiki McDonough, plus The New World's political editor James Ball.

Is Starmer right to resist Trump's demands for Britain to help police the Strait of Hormuz?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservatives' Shadow Defence Minister Mark Francois, Independent MP Diane Abbott, Mike Martin from the Liberal Democrats, plus LBC's own Political Editor Natasha Clark.

Could the war in Iran be worth it?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former Conservative Cabinet minister Dame Theresa Villiers, Labour MP Danny Beales, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and Connie Shaw from the Free Speech Union.

Could the war in Iran save Keir Starmer?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Barry Gardiner from Labour and Sir Alec Shelbrooke from the Conservatives, The New World columnist Lucy Reade, plus the businessman Tony Earnshaw.

What should victory in Iran look like?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour MP Karl Turner, former Conservative minister Lord David Frost, the Daily Express' deputy editor-in-chief Sam Lister, plus The Guardian's columnist Zoe Williams.

What kinds of action would you like the government to take to help with the imminent cost-of-living crisis?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Conservative Education Secretary Justine Greening, MPs Darren Paffey from Labour and Pippa Heylings from the Liberal Democrats, plus the PR agency partner Tom Skinner.

What are you prepared to give up in order to fund getting our military into a functioning state again?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are filmmaker Neil Breakwell, MPs David Pinto-Duschinsky from Labour and Sarah Bool from the Conservatives, plus the broadcaster James Max.