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The biggest stories and guests from the UK and international left. Hosted by Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, Ash Sarkar, Moya Lothian-McLean, Dalia Gebrial and more.
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Venezuela Condemns “Act of Piracy” From the United States
Venezuela accuses the U.S of ‘piracy’ after they seized a Venezuelan oil tanker off the country’s coast. Plus: Starmer’s House of Lords reform, and Bo...
Starmer Pushes to Reform European Human Rights Law
Starmer wants tougher policing of Europe’s borders and reforms of the ECHR. Plus: “High risk of death” for Palestine Action prisoners on hunger strike...
Trump Says “Decaying” Europe Led By “Weak” People
In an interview with Politico, Donald Trump has dismissed Europe as a “decaying” group of nations led by “weak” and “politically correct” people. Plus...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London to Hold Talks With Three of the Continent’s Most Powerful Leaders
Zelenskyy in Downing Street as peace talks continue. Plus: The failed coup in Benin, Paramount interferes in the potential Netflix/Warner Bros deal, a...
Nigel Farage Now Accused of Racism By TWENTY EIGHT Former School Mates
Twenty-eight of Nigel Farage’s former classmates and teachers have said that they witnessed racist or anti-Semitic behaviour by Nigel Farage during th...
Labour’s Compromise With the Employment Rights Bill
Plus: Reform Party receives £9m donation, Pete Hegseth accused of a war crime, and Valentina Gomez stuns Piers Morgan with her extreme views. With: He...
Nigel Farage Laughs Off Any Idea Of A Reform & Tory Pact
Could Reform and the Tories create a pact? Plus: The final Hillsborough report allows those responsible for the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans to face no...
David Lammy Pledges to Slash Jury Trials
David Lammy is expected to announce reforms that would see jury trials ended for sentences of three years or less. Plus: Rachel Reeves is under pressu...
Zarah Sultana Wins Your Party Conference Showdown
Your Party members are in favour of collective leadership. With: Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and Steven Methven.
Labour’s Latest U-Turn: Day One Workers Rights
Labour have been accused of breaking another manifesto pledge after watering down their workers rights bill. Plus: The right-wing press are now panick...
Has Rachel Reeves Broken Her Manifesto Pledges?
Rachel Reeves’ budget seems to have appeased the markets, but voters are less convinced. Plus: Net migration has fallen to a four-year low, and we dis...
Rachel Reeves Raises UK Taxes To All-Time Highs
Rachel Reeves’ Budget unveils all-time high tax rises Plus: The government is preparing to scrap jury trials for most criminal cases in England and Wa...
Carer’s Allowance Crisis Leaves Hundreds Of Thousands In Debt
A new report into the Department for Work and Pensions blames repeated Tory failures for pushing hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers into debt and...
Labour to Scrap Two Child Benefit Cap in Budget
A revised Ukraine peace plan has been announced. Plus: Looking at Wednesday’s budget – tax rises might be inevitable, Zack Polanski and Andy Haldane t...
Will The Bond Markets Topple Rachel Reeves?
Rachel Reeves’ long-awaited budget is looming, as some speculate that bond markets could force her to revise it. Plus: The former leader of Reform UK...
Andy Burnham Isn’t Ruling Out Challenging Keir Starmer
Pressure continues to mount for Keir Starmer as Andy Burnham won’t rule out a leadership challenge. Plus: New exclusive data shows how climate protest...
The Knives Are Out For Keir Starmer
Starmer seems to be fighting for leadership survival. Plus: Has the world already admitted defeat on climate change?, Donald Trump defends the Saudi C...
Shabana Mahmood Faces Furious Backlash to Asylum Overhaul
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has defended Labour’s controversial new asylum plans, with much of the opposition coming from within the party. Plus: T...
Shabana Mahmood Announces Tough “Danish-Style” Asylum Plans
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced what she’s described as the biggest shake-up in British asylum policy since WW2. Plus: MP Adnan Hussein h...
Rebel Economist Says Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong.
As part of a series of economics specials in the run-up to the Autumn Budget, Michael Walker speaks to Professor Steve Keen, who thinks that mainstrea...
Absconded Palestine Action Prisoner Speaks Out in Exclusive Novara Media Interview
We speak to absconded Palestine Action prisoner Sean “Shibby” Middlebrough. Plus: The collapse of Starmer’s Labour continues, Kamala Harris is back on...
Starmer In Crisis After Briefings Against Streeting Backfire
Keir Starmer’s position is looking shaky Plus: Huge protests at the COP summit in Brazil, inside Sudan’s civil war and the role of the UAE, and revela...
Starmer Says “Racism Returning To Politics” In Bombshell Interview
The gloves are off as Keir Starmer accuses Reform UK of bringing racism back to UK politics. Plus: A new ITV documentary features shocking testimony f...
Resignations in the BBC Over Allegations of Institutional Bia
BBC Director General resigns after “error of judgement” over Trump speech. Plus: Jailed climate activist faces deportation, and Lisa Nandy stands firm...
11 Arrested At Protests As Maccabi Tel Aviv Play Aston Villa
The much politicised Aston Villa football match against Maccabi Tel Aviv has gone ahead with fans of the Israeli team absent from the event. 11 people...
Wife of British Journalist Arrested by ICE Speaks Out
The wife of British ICE detainee Sami Hamdi raises concerns for his health. Plus: How Elbit Systems planted a story about Palestine Action, and the ba...
Zohran Mamdani Seals HISTORIC Win In New York City
Zohran Mamdani Elected NYC Mayor Plus: Bhaskar Sunkara on the work that Mamdani can do now, and, would Labour have given Mamdani the chance to run for...
Huntingdon Hero Named As Samir Zitouni
The ‘heroic’ rail worker who risked his life to save passengers from a mass stabbing on a train has been named as 48-year-old Samir Zitouni. Plus: A l...
Suspect Charged In Huntingdon Train Stabbing Attack
A suspect has been charged following Sunday’s horrific knife attack on a train. Plus: Wealthy Britons fleeing the UK to avoid tax may face a new settl...
World’s Top Financial Journalist Explains Why Britain Is Broke
In tonight’s special episode of Novara Live we’re taking a break from the news cycle for a deep dive on Britain’s economy with world-leading financial...
Calls For Rachel Reeves To Be Sacked After Rental Law Breaking
Calls For Rachel Reeves To Be Sacked Plus: Wilders’ far-right party and centrist D66 tie in Dutch elections, is the Labour Party dead? And the ‘Your P...
Israel’s Ceasefire Violation Kills At Least 104
The ceasefire in Gaza has been broken, again. Plus: The devastation from Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica, and The historian who thinks culture made cap...
Green Party Surges As Labour Hits Record Low
Green Party membership has surpassed 150,000 – more than that of the Lib Dems and the Conservatives. Meanwhile, Labour is polling at their lowest in h...
The Release of the Epping Sex Offender Shows Nothing Works in Britain
The bizarre accidental release of the Epping sex offender shows Britain’s institutions are failing. Plus: British journalist Sami Hamdi, arrested by I...
Labour Suffer HUGE Blow In Caerphilly By-Election
Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle has taken a historic Labour stronghold in the Caerphilly by-election. Plus: Ireland goes to the polls to elect a new Pre...
Trump Says Israel’s West Bank Annexation “Won’t Happen”
Trump rejects Israel’s plan for West Bank annexation. Plus: New polling shows that ‘wealth tax’ is gaining momentum, KCL withdraws a student’s visa sp...
Why the Grooming Gangs Inquiry Is Collapsing Before It Started
A fourth survivor quits the grooming gangs inquiry Plus: Reform faces big test in Welsh By-Election, the warnings about superintelligence are getting...
Prince Andrew Under Pressure To Leave Public Life Forever
Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir has been published in the UK, putting Prince Andrew and his links to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein bac...
Israel Violates Gaza Ceasefire, Killing at Least 99
Israel violates Gaza ceasefire… again. Plus: The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans continues to prove divisive, and Prince Andrew gives up royal titles as...
Starmer Attacks Ban on Israeli Football Hooligans
Keir Starmer has leapt to the defence of Israeli football hooligans, condemning a ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending an upcoming Europa Leagu...