A legal action is being brought by three MPs and the Good Law Project to force the government to account for £3 billion spent on private contracts during the pandemic.

Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon and the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus is one of them. She tells Bloomberg Westminster's Sebastian Salek and Roger Hearing public spending must be accounted for. Moran also says Boris Johnson's actions so far haven't done enough to stem the virus or help the economy, but led to the worst of both.

Plus, are the tribes that blossomed during the Brexit referendum here to stay? Robert Ford, professor of political science at Manchester University, joins to discuss his book Brexitland, which argues that Leave and Remain is about much more than EU membership.

This is an exciting and an unprecedented time for Layla Moran. At the time of recording this podcast Layla was only days away from knowing if she had won the battle to become the newly appointed Leader of the Liberal Democrat. VOTE LAYLA

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This podcast is all about the inner workings of the mindset not only of a political candidate that is running to head up her party but the human being behind the media frenzy. I liken the mindset in this heightened time to that of anyone who has worked hard in their career waiting to hear if they have been appointed the life changing job they have always wanted or to the actor waiting to get the call to see if they have a lead in the latest blockbuster or to the athlete waiting to run the race that could potentially get them into the Olympics. Everyone copes with the pressure differently but the goal to succeed rarely varies.

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Layla and her team have been working hard although COVID-19 to create an ongoing, solely online campaign, never been done before.

Her experience as a former Teacher, Local Activist and Member of Parliament has taught her immeasurably about the skills to becoming a successful leader. Check out the podcast today to hear her thoughts on leadership, mindset under pressure and her personal story that has taken her to this potentially very exciting time...

Catch up, recorded 12th May 2020, Compass talks to Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West & Abingdon and party Spokesperson for Education. Layla has been an MP since 2017, before which she was a teacher, and is now competing in the upcoming Liberal Democrat leadership election. After a disappointing result at last year’s general election, the Liberal Democrats have been reflecting on what went wrong & where the party goes from here. We chat to Layla about what she wants for the party, how we end the very tribal politics between progressives, electoral reform, basic income and what all of this means in the context of the coronavirus crisis. It’s Bloody Complicated is a new podcast series that features thinkers, politicians, journalists, & community activists from across the progressive spectrum, created by Compass which campaigns for a Good Society, now available on The Real Agenda Network. www.realagenda.org

Britain can’t wait for the Government’s Public Inquiry into COVID. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus is seizing the initiative and examining every aspect of the crisis. Its chair, Lib Dem MP and leadership candidate LAYLA MORAN, explains to Naomi Smith how MPs are outpacing the government in understanding the virus, why mental health is the neglected aspect of COVID, and how we can prepare for a second wave.  

• “I’d love Boris Johnson to come before us and answer our questions. I very much doubt that he will.”
• “There are some things more important than the Lib Dem leadership contest, would you believe…”

Presented by Naomi Smith. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to creator of 326 Politics and a Political Analyst for Smarkets, Patrick Flynn, about the upcoming Presidential election, how Joe Biden could cope with a Republican dominated Senate, why President Trump's popularity is continuing to fall, whether Boris Johnson will fight the next election, whether Labour can succeed in next year's local elections and who the next leader of the Liberal Democrats could be. 

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, joins Christopher Hope to discuss why he hopes some of the innovation we've seen lately in parliament can continue post pandemic, whether a quieter Commons benefits Keir Starmer and how he's been keeping fit during lockdown! 

Plus LibDem Leadership hopeful, Layla Moran on why she thinks Gladstone doesn't deserve the same treatment as Colston or Rhodes, how she'd battle to keep a bank in every rural town and she reveals if she's over Brexit (spoiler: she's not). 

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In Episode 8 we talk to Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon and party Spokesperson for Education.

Layla has been an MP since 2017, before which she was a teacher, and is now competing in the upcoming Liberal Democrat leadership election. After a disappointing result at last year’s general election the Liberal Democrats have been reflecting on what went wrong and where the party goes from here. We chat to Layla about what she wants for the party, how we end the very tribal politics between progressives, electoral reform, basic income and what all of this means in the context of the coronavirus crisis. 

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