Politics Weekly

Tory MP Jesse Norman joins Anne Perkins to discuss his latest book Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet

Michael White, Polly Toynbee and Mark Ferguson join Hugh Muir to discuss the strain on Labour's historic ties with the trades unions

Michael White, Polly Toynbee and Mark Ferguson join Hugh Muir to discuss the strain on Labour's historic ties with the trades unions

Former home secretary Alan Johnson discusses his memoir This Boy with Tom Clark

Polly Toynbee, Heather Stewart and Richard Adams join Tom Clark to discuss George Osborne's plans for cuts of a further £11.5bn in the 2013 comprehensive spending review

Andrew Adonis discusses his new book 5 Days In May, on his part in Labour's negotiating team following the 2010 hung parliament

James Ball, Julian Borger and Michael White join Tom Clark to discuss the leak of several US National Security Agency files which reveal a vast data collection operation via phones and the internet. Plus Michael Gove's plans for a new GCSE curriculum in England

Larry Elliott, Seumas Milne and Hopi Sen join Hugh Muir to discuss Ed Miliband's proposals to cap welfare spending and to reduce benefits to wealthy pensioners. Plus the latest lobbying scandal hits parliament

Jonathan Steele, Martin Kettle and David Hearst discuss the civil war in Syria, which is threatening to proliferate. And Lenore Taylor interviews Julia Gillard, the Australian prime minister

Nick Cohen, Max Wind-Cowie and Hugh Muir discuss the political response to the terrorist incident in Woolwich, David Cameron's crisis of leadership, and the moral case against tax avoidance. Plus Ewen MacAskill examines the faltering start to Barack Obama's second term

Melissa Kite, Randeep Ramesh and Stephen Tall join Tom Clark to discuss a feverish week of Conservative psychodrama following the latest bust-up over the timing of an EU referendum. Plus Angelique Chrisafis in Paris on a tough first year in office for President François Hollande

Martin Kettle, Anne Perkins and Alan Travis join Tom Clark to discuss the priorities in government's legislative programme laid out in the Queen's speech

Michael White and James Ball discuss the local election results in which Ukip made record inroads against the major parties. Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan explains what it means for his party and US pollster Nate Silver tells us how he predicts the outcome of elections

Richard Adams, Libby Brooks, Martin Kettle and John Curtice join Tom Clark to discuss Scotland's currency options if it votes for independence; Michael Gove's plan to lengthen school days and shorten holidays and a preview of next week's local government elections

Martin Kettle, Randeep Ramesh and Andrew Gimson join Tom Clark to discuss the national response to the death of Margaret Thatcher, the re-entry of Tony Blair to the Labour party's internal debate and criticism for George Osborne from the IMF