In this episode, Paul Brand speaks to Tory politician Dehenna Davison, who was recently elected MP for Bishop Auckland. She explains why she would give Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage a peerage, why she thinks Taylor Swift would make a good cabinet...
British politics is chock-full of stories of people overcoming adversity in an effort to make things better for others. But few will compare to the journey taken by Rosena Allin-Khan, Labour MP for Tooting and newly-declared hopeful for deputy leader. From grade-A student to school drop-out, she crowdfunded her way into Cambridge to study medicine and worked as a junior doctor on the A&E frontline before being elected an MP.
Some paths into politics are remarkable but latest Acting Prime Minister Naz Shah's is truly extraordinary.The future Labour MP's father left home when she was six before her mother was jailed for killing her abusive partner, leaving Naz to bring up her...
British politics can be a brutal business.Within hours of being sacked by Boris Johnson from the Cabinet, David Mundell's belongings were outside the Commons office he had held as Scottish secretary since 2015.Now the big grey crates sit, still unpacked...
The latest guest to take power in the new series of the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister is Rosie Duffield. The Labour MP told Paul Brand she has been overwhelmed with "heartbreaking" emails after an emotional speech she gave during a Domestic Abu...
The latest guest to take power in the new series of the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister is former Green Party leader and co-leader Caroline Lucas.The MP for Brighton Pavilion had some strong words to say, including on Brexit as she criticised the...
The latest guest to take power in the new series of the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister is Emma Lewell-Buck.The Labour MP for South Shields was unafraid of speaking out in the conversation with ITV News Political Correspondent Paul Brand -...
The latest guest to take power in the new series of the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister is Chuka Umunna.The pro-Remainer has had a whirlwind year after leaving Labour as a leading part of the independent breakaway before ditching Change UK for...
The first guest to take power in the new series of the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister is ERG deputy chair Mark Francois.Speaking to ITV News Correspondent Paul Brand, the backbench rebel opened up about losing his father at 14, his unlikely...
Anna Soubry has revealed how Chuka Umunna refused demands to be leader of Change UK before leaving her pained by quitting the fledgling party without a phonecall.Speaking to ITV News Correspondent Paul Brand for his Acting Prime Minister podcast, she de...
Conservative MP Nicky Morgan has taken a swipe at the man likely to be the next prime minister, claiming Boris Johnson should have backed up the UK's ambassador to the US after emails in which he criticised Donald Trump were leaked.After it was revealed...
"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 power is certainly more radical than most who have been offered the hypothetical keys to Number 10 by ITV News.The Labour MP spoke...
Ms Eagle was the first openly gay female MP when she came out in 1997. On Tuesday, she appeared close to tears as she challenged those protesting against LGBT equality teaching, insisting: “We aren’t going to get back in the closet.”She tells Paul she...
Paul Brand speaks to Andrea Leadsom about her bid to become Tory leader.
Dominic Raab regards himself as the "underdog" in the race to become the next Conservative Party leader, and also the country's next PM.
The reality TV star on his petition to make online homophobia a crime, and why he'd be the first prime minister to 'rock skinny jeans'.
The pastor, who lost her son to knife crime, on turning her 'pain into power' and what she'd do to save other lives if she was PM
The Labour MP on how she thinks her party will fare in May's European elections - and why she'd sack John McDonnell from her shadow cabinet.
The Labour MP on his vision for Britain - and defending his controversial comments about the ERG and Comic Relief.
Former Conservative Cabinet minister Justine Greening joins Paul Brand for this special live edition of the podcast.
We give the leading Brexiter the fantasy keys to Number 10 and ask him: What would you do?
Hannah Deacon was thrown into politics not by choice but by necessity, campaigning for her son Alfie Dingley to get life-changing drugs.
Ben Fogle reveals a mix of political views as he tells Paul Brand what he'd do if he were prime minister.
The MP, who defected from the Conservatives to join the Independent Group in February, says more Tories are keen to defect to the group - and reveals why she would have the former deputy prime minister in her fantasy cabinet.
In this episode, we send Ben Bradley MP into Downing Street. A former vice chair of the Conservative Party, Ben is one of the youngest members of parliament. Elected in 2017 aged 27, he's managed to rack up a fair bit of controversy in that time, from his comments about sterilising those on benefits, to resigning over Brexit.
In this first episode, ITV News Political Correspondent Paul Brand is joined by Sarah Champion, the Labour MP for Rotherham and former Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.
