Matt Chorley's Urgent Questions Podcast
Matt Chorley brings you the biggest interviews, latest news and best analysis from the heart of Westminster every weekday. It's politics, but not as you know it...
Episodes to download
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PMQs: Did Gyles Brandreth enjoy the show?
Wednesday
Plus … what's it liked to be kicked out of the Commons?
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What can do the Treasury to help with your energy bills?
Monday
Matt Chorley brings you the who, what, where, why and when of British politics.
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What can Newsnight's first presenter teach its newest?
Last Friday
Plus… what are the politics of rock and roll?
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What can Newsnight's first presenter teach its newest?
Last Friday
Plus… what are the politics of rock and roll?
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What was it like to grow up in Iran?
Wed 4 Mar 2026
Plus… what's the worst thing to eat as an Ambassador?
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Can Starmer keep walking the Iran tightrope?
Mon 2 Mar 2026
Plus… how influential is the Iraq war on what the UK does?
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Is Traitors’ Claudia like the Commons Speaker?
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Plus… what do you learn at Ambassador school?
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Should cameras be removed from the Commons?
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Plus… when will we see the Mandelson files?
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How do you spin a political punch-up?
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Plus… how did the smoking ban get through the Commons?
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Do you want a job in Number 10?
Tue 10 Feb 2026
Plus… does talking about being working class work?
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Has the coup left Keir more secure?
Mon 9 Feb 2026
Plus.... What is Starmerism without his co-pilot?
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What is Dominic Sandbrook's favourite political scandal?
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Plus… can we send werewolves to the moon?
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Do Labour MPs think Starmer is finished?
Thu 5 Feb 2026
Plus… how do you spin your way through the front pages?
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What did Ross Noble think Keir Starmer was singing?
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Plus… how would Mandelson have been vetted?
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How angry are Mandelson's cabinet colleagues?
Tue 3 Feb 2026
Plus....what does Steve Rosenberg love about Russia?
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Will Reform crash & burn like the SDP in the 1980s?
Thu 29 Jan 2026
Plus… is politics full of sulkers?
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Did Dara Ó Briain find Deputy PMQs funny?
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Plus… how did one Ambassador avoid a Russian honeytrap?
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What's the naughtiest thing Shabana Mahmood has ever done?
Tue 27 Jan 2026
Plus… what can politicians learn from Jaws?
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Will Braverman feel at home in Reform?
Mon 26 Jan 2026
Plus… what are Labour MPs saying about Starmer and Burnham?
