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Always punchy, always opinionated, you can find Iain Dale in the Evening live on LBC Monday to Thursday from 7pm. Cross Question, LBC's political panel debate show, features from Monday to Wednesday. On Thursday, a phone-in with top guests from the world of politics, academia, media and entertainment.
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Mar 1, 2021 • 3h 11min
LBC Newshour | Priti Patel: 'Plans life sentences for people smugglers' to stop migrant crossings
Migrant Crossings: Patel’s plans to tackle the number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. The Home Office said on Sunday that ministers would set out further details “in the coming weeks”.

Mar 1, 2021 • 2h 13min
EXTRA SHOW | Budget 2021: What do you want to hear? | Labour: How can Starmer win back popularity? | WFH: Will you continue?
Budget: The Chancellor is being urged to keep London competitive by offering businesses a ”confidence booster” in this week’s budget - what do you want to hear on Wednesday from the Chancellor? | Starmer: The Conservatives have secured their biggest lead over Labour since last summer amid signs Boris Johnson is benefiting from a “vaccine bounce”, the latest Opinium poll for the Observer has revealed - how can Starmer bounce back? | WFH: Boris Johnson has dismissed fears that Britain is facing a new age of remote working, saying people will be commuting to city and town centres once more and holding face-to-face meetings within a “few short months” - as we follow the roadmap out of lockdown, will home working remain part of your life?

Feb 25, 2021 • 2h 20min
LBC Newshour | Young People: How optimistic are you for young people post-Covid? | Drug Policy: Has the UK got it wrong?
LBC Newshour | Young People with Denise Headley: The unemployment rate has risen to its highest level in almost five years, with younger workers bearing the brunt of the job losses, official figures show. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also defended plans for teachers to grade GCSE and A-level pupils in England this summer as a "good compromise" - how optimistic are you about the prospects of young people following the pandemic, and what needs to be done to improve them? | Drug Policy: While other countries turn away from the futile ‘war on drugs’, politicians here in the UK are still falling for the ‘evil’ narcotics narrative. Changing our drug laws is going to require political leadership - have we got the narrative wrong on drug policy in the UK and does it need to change?

Feb 24, 2021 • 2h 21min
LBC Newshour | Vaccines & Prisons: Should they be prioritised? | Corporation Tax: Should we avoid tax rises in the budget?
LBC Newshour | Vaccines & Prisons: Teachers, police and other key workers should not get priority for Covid jabs but prisoners should be vaccinated en masse, the government’s advisory body has concluded. Should prisoners be vaccinated before police officers or teachers? How do we get the priority list right? | Corporation Tax: Shadow Treasury minister James Murray has suggested that the Labour Party would not support any tax increases in the next Budget being delivered by Rishi Sunak on March 3rd. Should we avoid tax rises in the budget?

Feb 23, 2021 • 2h 11min
LBC Newshour | Vaccine Passports: Good idea or not? | Climate Change: How concerned are you?
LBC Newshour | Vaccine Passports: Boris Johnson has promised a review into the use of vaccine passports, but said there were "deep and complex issues" to consider. Do you think vaccine passports are a good idea? | Climate Change: "Climate change is a threat to our security," Boris Johnson told world leaders as he chaired a United Nations Security Council session. How concerned are you by climate change and what's needed to make you take action?

Feb 22, 2021 • 2h 33min
Roadmap to End Lockdown: Press Conference & Reaction
Roadmap to End Lockdown: Press Conference & Reaction

Feb 18, 2021 • 2h 20min
LBC Newshour | Starmer Speech & Vaccine Hesitancy with Denise Headley
LBC Newshour | Keir Starmer: Millions of savers would be given a chance to invest in the UK's recovery from the coronavirus crisis, under proposals set out by Sir Keir Starmer - what will it take for labour to win your vote and did what we hear today hit the mark? | Vaccine Hesitancy: A star-filled video urging people from ethnic minority communities to get the Covid vaccine will be shown across the UK's main commercial TV channels later - how can we encourage ethnic minority communities to have the Covid vaccine?

Feb 17, 2021 • 2h 19min
Coronavirus Human Trials and Electric Cars
Coronavirus Human Trials and Electric Cars

Feb 16, 2021 • 2h 20min
LBC Newshour | Free Speech: Is it under threat across society? | Personal Finance: How have your finances changed in Covid-19?
LBC Newshour | Free Speech on Campus: Groups representing students and universities have expressed caution at plans for a "free speech champion" to regulate England's campuses. How needed is a ‘free speech champion’ on university campuses - and is free speech under threat across broader society? | Covid-19 & Personal Finance: Almost half a million UK families are thought to have fallen behind on rent, as a result of the coronavirus crisis, according to the Resolution Foundation. What are your experiences with personal finance during Covid-19?

Feb 15, 2021 • 2h 20min
LBC Newshour | EXCLUSIVE: Vaccines Phone-in with Vaccines Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi
LBC Newshour | EXCLUSIVE: Vaccine roll-out phone-in with Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi


