Reform’s money trail is still dominating the headlines, with two billionaire donors handing the party £72m in just 48 hours. In this episode, Helen and Cleo look at why attempts to curb big money in British politics keep failing, and why Labour’s own position is more complicated than it seems.
And as anxiety over AI moves into the mainstream, we speak to Jonathan Black, who spent two decades at the heart of government, including as Deputy National Security Adviser. He represented Rishi Sunak at the 2023 AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, which brought the US, China and the world’s leading AI companies together for the first global agreement on frontier AI safety.
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