Iain Dale - The Whole Show

Keir Starmer to raise defence spending but is this a good idea?

Is Reform UK a serious party?Plus, former KGB spy Jack Barsky takes your calls.And are you changing your mind about assisted dying?

If Trump gets his way, does Putin win? Plus, skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith takes your calls for National Apprenticeship Week.Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are energy consumers minister and Labour MP Miatta Fahnbulleh, former Conservative cabinet minister Sir Ranil Jayawardena, entrepreneur Piers Linney and political scientist Professor Anand Menon.

Is the Gaza ceasefire about to end?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and Northern Ireland committee chair Tonia Antoniazzi, LBC presenter Rachel Johnson, Conservative MP Joe Robertson and broadcaster Gavin Esler.

Are we being too hard on MPs telling jokes on WhatsApp?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and shadow business minister Jerome Mayhew, Lib Dem MP and hospitals and primary care spokesperson Jess Brown-Fuller, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and former Labour councillor Phil Rosenberg and political commentator Salma Shah.

How hard should it be to become a British citizen?

Would Trump's Gaza plan amount to ethnic cleansing?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Tom Hayes, Conservative MP and shadow paymaster general Richard Holden, environmentalist Rupert Read and former Tory adviser who now supports Reform UK Emma Barr.

How should we define Islamophobia?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Sarah Smith, Conservative MP and shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith, Miqdaad Versi from the Muslim Council of Britain and Times journalist and political commentator Sebastian Payne.

Should we cosy up to tariff-loving Trump?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Dan Tomlinson, anti-racism activist Imarn Ayton, broadcaster Albie Amankona and Tory adviser Christopher Howarth.

Was Trump's anti-diversity scheme message sensible or just offensive?Journalist Rachel Shabi takes your calls on her book on anti-Semitism.And what effect will Trump's extraordinary press conference have on disabled people?