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December 2025
Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch for the final Prime Minister's Questions of the year.
Is the government on track to recruit 6,500 new teachers?
Is Britain ready to face the Russian threat?
What next for the employment rights bill and the doctors’ strikes?
10/12/2025 of Politics Live was added on Wednesday 10 December 2025. Politics Live is a TV show on BBC2. Engaging conversation about the political issues that matter to you.
Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Trump, joins Politics Live to explain Trump’s National Security Strategy.
Can Keir Starmer deliver his election pledge to build 1.5 million homes?
Is facial recognition a threat to civil liberties? And will there be a Tory-Reform electoral pact?
The doctors' strike, the cost of running a pub and why nuclear is so expensive to develop in the UK.
Actor Sophie Winkleman explains why she thinks smartphones should be banned for under-16s.
Did Rachel Reeves overstate problems in the public finances before the Budget?
November 2025
Reaction to the chancellor's tax raising budget.
Vicki Young presents live coverage of Chancellor Rachel Reeves's Budget, including reaction from politicians, experts and members of the public.
The health secretary announces a 'milkshake tax'. What else will be in the Budget?
Will Wednesday’s budget address the everyday expenses of food, energy and travel?
Why are so many young people out of work? And are entrepreneurs leaving the UK?
Defence spending, property taxes, immigration, Keir Starmer's leadership and PMQs.
Should the chancellor raise taxes or cut spending?
The government says it will restore order to the UK’s borders. Can it do so?
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