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Keeping up to date with the news can be overwhelming, even at the best of times. Whether you’re studying politics, or just want to understand more about what’s going on, this is an essential list of podcasts from all sides of the political spectrum to explain what is happening in the world of politics in a more manageable and entertaining way. It may even help you find your new favourite podcast!

The Rest Is Politics is hosted by Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell. Stewart is an author, former

On the 6th of September 2022, Liz Truss formally became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Leadership race. Despite it being very early days into her premiership, there is already speculation that the newly appointed PM will be out of office by December, with rumours of no-confidence letters already being written. But why does it seem like Truss’ fate has already been sealed before her work has even begun? This could be explained by the glass cli

We’re only three years into the Boris Johnson government, and his downfall has finally arrived. Johnson is clearly a leader like no other, surviving scandal after scandal. But what tipped his closest allies over the edge, and why did it take so long?

Three years ago seems like another world. Boris Johnson, the man who always dreamed of being ‘world king’ finally got the job he always wanted – Prime Minister.

In July 2019, Johnson was tasked with delivering on Brexit, a job which his predecesso

On Thursday 23rd June, the sixth anniversary of the Brexit referendum, two politically game-changing by-elections took place.

A by-election happens when a parliamentary seat becomes vacant before the next general election. In Wakefield, there was a vacant seat after Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan was recently convicted of sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy in 2008.

Neil Parish, the former Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, resigned after he admitted to watching pornography in the Hou