EP.114 | Can Kemi continue?
07/10/2025
Kemi Badenoch finds herself less than a year into the job, fighting to retain the leadership of the Tory party. Can she survive?
EP.113 | Keir’s best ever performance?
02/10/2025
This week it was the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, and it was badged as the conference that was make or break for Keir Starmer.
EP.112 | Trump in Town…
22/09/2025
Donald Trump’s state visit, the Labour Party’s deputy leadership contest, a Liberal Democrat conference and the meltdown of ‘Your Party.’
EP.111 | What does the future hold for the PM?
16/09/2025
Jim Hancock and Jo Phillips discuss the future of the Prime Minister, the defection of another Conservative MP to Reform and look ahead to Donald Trump’s state visit.
Downtown Den Special | Employment Law Update
11/09/2025
Downtown Boss Frank McKenna, chats with Victoria Brown from oneHR Software and Claire McGuinness from High Performance Consultancy to discuss all the latest in the world of employment law.
EP.110 | Has the PM turned a crisis into an opportunity?
08/09/2025
Keir Starmers latest reset has not gone according to plan. But has the PM turned the crisis into an opportunity?
DIB Meets… Aston University
05/09/2025
Downtown in Business boss Frank McKenna recently caught up with Professor Aleks Subic, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive at Aston University.
EP.109 | Labour’s Summer of Silence
01/09/2025
Why has the government been absent without leave over the summer, leaving the way clear for Nigel Farage to dominate the headlines?
EP.108 | Trump Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Putin
19/08/2025
Donald Trump treated us to the spectacle of the red carpet treatment for Vladimir Putin last week, but how will Zelensky be received by the US President today?
EP.107 | In Conversation with Dame Louise Ellman
13/08/2025
DIB Boss, Frank McKenna, caught up with Dame Louise Ellman in the Downtown Den.
EP.106 | What will Rachel do in the Autumn Budget?
13/08/2025
An interest rate cut may have given Chancellor Rachel Reeves a little respite this week, but an independent economic report suggests that she has a £50 billion hole to fill if she’s to hit her own fiscal targets. What options does she have?
EP.105 | NHS Strikes – A win for Wes?
05/08/2025
NHS strikes VAT on private healthcare, the Online Safety Act, Trump tariffs and Epstein, Gaza and Palestine.