Novara Live

Chancellor John Healey is poised to raise taxes on banks in the autumn budget. Plus: Why housing benefits are broken, Iran is picking apart Gulf infrastructure, ITV releases more undercover footage from inside Reform UK, and the police are looking into a post by the wife of Britain’s national security adviser in relation to Palestine Action. With Michael Walker, Banseka Kayembe, Jonathan Portes, Steven Methven & Sina Toossi.

The Houthis attacks on Saudi Arabia continue to cause death and destruction, why can’t the kingdom bring them under control? Plus: Burnham rules out a pact with the greens, we ask an expert what really happened at RAF Fairford & author Salley Rooney claims she’s been banned from profiting from her work in the UK over her support for Palestine Action. With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, Dr Andreas Krieg & Paul Rogers.

Peter Oborne takes us through the UK Government’s latest capitulation to Israel. Peter’s latest book available here: https://orbooks.com/catalog/complicit/ With Michael Walker & Peter Oborne.

Burnham is on his first official visit to the EU as Prime Minister, is he taking us all back with him? Plus: We speak to the author of a new report on the profligacy of the arms industry, Mamdani is heckled by pro-Palestine supporters at an October 7th memorial and the right are in a spat over ethnonationalism. With NoJusticeMTG, Dalia Gebrial & Khem Rogaly.

Protests over funding and conditions in French schools continue to grow, as more fires are lit and riot police deploy tear gas. Plus: Pedro Sanchez’s leadership is on the line as Spain heads into a snap election, and Britain has threatened to expel diplomats in response to Israel’s decision to close a UK consulate. With Michael Walker, Harrison Stetler & Paolo Gerbaudo.

Zack Polanski has called for a 3-year cap on private rents. Elsewhere at Green Party conference, tensions are running high over a motion to declare that Zionism equates to racism. Plus: Fires have broken out in French schools as students across the country protest funding and conditions, and Suella Braverman’s argument that only white people can be English goes down like a lead balloon with the Question Time audience. With Michael Walker, Clare Hymer, Molly Harris & Cole Stangler. Read Clare Hymer’s report here: Who Does the Green Party’s ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Motion Really Serve?

Andy Burnham has laid out major reforms to social care, pensions, and public utilities in his speech to Labour conference. Plus: Ed Miliband has changed the conversation on Palestine Action – but can he deliver? With Aaron Bastani, Michael Walker & Steven Methven

Israel’s Prime Minister delivers a tirade to a thin crowd at the UN General Assembly. Plus: Polanski faces down hecklers while calling out Israel’s genocide, Mamdani wins back wages for Doordash workers and our very own Ash Sarkar takes the fight to BBC’s Question time. With NoJusticeMTG & Barry Malone.

More drama at the UN General Assembly as the US delegation storms out of the Iranian President’s defiant speech. Plus: A former SPAD to Starmer’s government gives us his take on Burnham’s first meeting with Trump, London is running out of kids to teach and can Trump and Xi agree on an AI slow-down deal? With Michael Walker, Ben Judah, David Krueger & Banseka Kayembe.

Die Linke have won a major election, opening a path to the Berlin mayoralty for Germany’s leftmost party. Plus: Specialist courts for sexual assault cases are set to be rolled out in England and Wales, fears are rising that war could return to Yemen, and Ed Sheeran has apologised for dropping pro-Palestine rapper Macklemore from his tour. With Steven Methven, Harriet Williamson, James Jackson & David Wearing.

A UN fact-finding mission has reported that two US airstrikes which killed at least 178 civilians in Iran constitute war crimes. Plus: Andy Burnham says he is “determined” to hit net zero by 2050, Sweden’s left-of-centre coalition wins the general election, Netanyahu is pushing to strip IDF critics of their citizenship, and the Oxfordshire village of Piddington has voted to secede from the UK over migrant housing plans. With Steven Methven, Dalia Gebrial & Jack Buck.

13 people have been injured overnight in the latest escalation of the Houthis’ attacks on Saudi Arabia. Plus: A delve into the economic realities that Burnham’s agenda will have to contend with, the Celtic nations of the UK say “Westminster’s time is coming to an end” in a new pact, the US is militarising space, and rapper Macklemore has been kicked off the Ed Sheeran tour for supporting Palestine. With NoJusticeMTG, Aaron Bastani & Laura Webster.

As Reform’s crypto-billionaire backers break consecutive records for political donations, will the government change the rules? Plus: The Houthis bombing of a Saudi pipeline has sent oil to $108 dollars per barrel, and experts agree that AI development should be slowed, inevitably Trump has other ideas. With Michael Walker & Steven Methven.