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Acting Prime Minister

ITV News UK Editor Paul Brand offers the hypothetical keys to Number 10 to a guest and asks them: What would you do now?

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Rosie Duffield overwhelmed by 'heartbreaking' responses to domestic abuse speech

Rosie Duffield overwhelmed by 'heartbreaking' responses to domestic abuse speech

The latest guest to take power in the new series of the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister is Rosie Duffield. The La... Read more

10 Oct 2019

27mins

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David Mundell on coming out, being sacked by PM and meeting 'orange' Donald Trump

David Mundell on coming out, being sacked by PM and meeting 'orange' Donald Trump

British politics can be a brutal business.Within hours of being sacked by Boris Johnson from the Cabinet, David Mundell'... Read more

17 Oct 2019

38mins

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Anna Soubry opens up on pain of Chuka Umunna's split and why Boris Johnson 'isn't fit to clean the loos'

Anna Soubry opens up on pain of Chuka Umunna's split and why Boris Johnson 'isn't fit to clean the loos'

Anna Soubry has revealed how Chuka Umunna refused demands to be leader of Change UK before leaving her pained by quittin... Read more

16 Jul 2019

44mins

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Emma Lewell-Buck on accents, dyspraxia and siding with the Brexit Party over the Lib Dems

Emma Lewell-Buck on accents, dyspraxia and siding with the Brexit Party over the Lib Dems

The latest guest to take power in the new series of the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister is Emma Lewell-Buck.The L... Read more

12 Sep 2019

26mins

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Naz Shah on her 'pain' at suing Labour, visiting her mum in prison and how police saved her from a forced marriage

Naz Shah on her 'pain' at suing Labour, visiting her mum in prison and how police saved her from a forced marriage

Some paths into politics are remarkable but latest Acting Prime Minister Naz Shah's is truly extraordinary.The future La... Read more

24 Oct 2019

38mins

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Chuka Umunna on his election bid, the reason Change UK failed and why he now feels 'liberated'

Chuka Umunna on his election bid, the reason Change UK failed and why he now feels 'liberated'

The latest guest to take power in the new series of the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister is Chuka Umunna.The pro-R... Read more

6 Sep 2019

29mins

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Independent Group MP Heidi Allen: I'd want Nick Clegg in my fantasy cabinet but I'm too emotional to be prime minister

Independent Group MP Heidi Allen: I'd want Nick Clegg in my fantasy cabinet but I'm too emotional to be prime minister

The MP, who defected from the Conservatives to join the Independent Group in February, says more Tories are keen to defe... Read more

4 Mar 2019

24mins

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The 26-year-old new Tory MP on making Farage a lord and why she'd put Taylor Swift in the Cabinet

The 26-year-old new Tory MP on making Farage a lord and why she'd put Taylor Swift in the Cabinet

In this episode, Paul Brand speaks to Tory politician Dehenna Davison, who was recently elected MP for Bishop Auckland. ... Read more

15 Jan 2020

28mins

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Mark Francois on losing his dad, his pre-Brexit epiphany and his controversial cut-throat gesture

Mark Francois on losing his dad, his pre-Brexit epiphany and his controversial cut-throat gesture

The first guest to take power in the new series of the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister is ERG deputy chair Mark F... Read more

29 Aug 2019

33mins

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Dr Rosena Allin-Khan on her crowdfunding mum, a 'Ministry of Fabulosity', and dissecting Labour's election defeat

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan on her crowdfunding mum, a 'Ministry of Fabulosity', and dissecting Labour's election defeat

British politics is chock-full of stories of people overcoming adversity in an effort to make things better for others. ... Read more

8 Jan 2020

31mins

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Nadia Whittome on being Britain's youngest MP

Nadia Whittome on being Britain's youngest MP

Nadia Whittome talks about the "whirlwind" that saw her elected as a 23-year-old MP, just weeks after failing to secure ... Read more

4 Mar 2020

26mins

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Labour deputy leadership candidate Angela Rayner on her 'traumatic' childhood

Labour deputy leadership candidate Angela Rayner on her 'traumatic' childhood

In a rare, revealing and candid long-length interview, Labour deputy leadership candidate Angela Rayner opens up on a wi... Read more

24 Feb 2020

41mins

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Ken Clarke says Dominic Cummings should 'vanish' and warns BBC needs protecting

Ken Clarke says Dominic Cummings should 'vanish' and warns BBC needs protecting

Veteran Tory Ken Clarke opens up to Paul Brand on a wide range of subjects, including the BBC, Boris Johnson and Dominic... Read more

19 Feb 2020

40mins

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'I'd invite everyone to Downing Street for a drink': What comedian Andy Parsons would do as PM

'I'd invite everyone to Downing Street for a drink': What comedian Andy Parsons would do as PM

In this week's episode, we're joined by political satirist Andy Parsons - a panellist on Have I Got News for You and Moc... Read more

12 Feb 2020

26mins

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Layla Moran brands Jo Swinson's election campaign 'arrogant' as she considers Lib Dem leadership bid

Layla Moran brands Jo Swinson's election campaign 'arrogant' as she considers Lib Dem leadership bid

Ms Moran also spoke about her decision to come out as pansexual, which Cabinet ministers she'd kick out, and her unusual... Read more

5 Feb 2020

34mins

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Sir Keir Starmer on Brexit, his job, and the rare illness that left his mum unable to walk, talk or eat

Sir Keir Starmer on Brexit, his job, and the rare illness that left his mum unable to walk, talk or eat

The Europhile MP also spoke about his role as shadow Brexit secretary, how he'll mark the UK leaving the EU and where he... Read more

29 Jan 2020

27mins

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Tory MP Nicky Morgan on Boris Johnson, the UK ambassador to the US and her surprising Cabinet addition

Tory MP Nicky Morgan on Boris Johnson, the UK ambassador to the US and her surprising Cabinet addition

Conservative MP Nicky Morgan has taken a swipe at the man likely to be the next prime minister, claiming Boris Johnson s... Read more

10 Jul 2019

28mins

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Labour's Stella Creasy overhauls 'Hogwarts gone wrong' Parliament and ditches manifestos

Labour's Stella Creasy overhauls 'Hogwarts gone wrong' Parliament and ditches manifestos

"I wouldn't have a manifesto, I'd have a set of five ambitions because you can't do everything."Stella Creasy's plan for... Read more

3 Jul 2019

35mins

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Labour's Angela Eagle fears things are getting worse for LGBT people

Labour's Angela Eagle fears things are getting worse for LGBT people

Ms Eagle was the first openly gay female MP when she came out in 1997. On Tuesday, she appeared close to tears as she ch... Read more

26 Jun 2019

18mins

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Andrea Leadsom: I'm absolutely sure I've got enough MPs to get through to first round of Tory leadership race

Andrea Leadsom: I'm absolutely sure I've got enough MPs to get through to first round of Tory leadership race

Paul Brand speaks to Andrea Leadsom about her bid to become Tory leader.

7 Jun 2019

20mins

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