Iain Dale - The Whole Show (Global)

Is Keir Starmer right to say he'll never use private healthcare?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Stephen Bush from the Financial Times, political commentator Salma Shah, former Labour MP and minister Parmjit Dhanda and former Conservative MP and minister Steve Norris.

Starmer under pressure to back universal free school meals, Cross Question & is 'stop and search' racist?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Thangam Debbonaire, Conservative MP and former Cabinet minister Kit Malthouse, author and political commentator Ian Dunt and Head of Foreign Policy at the Policy Exchange think tank Sophia Gaston.

Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds takes your small business calls & should we talk about rejoining the EU?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Stella Creasy, former No10 Comms Director Guto Harri, DUP MP Jim Shannon and Observer columnist Martha Gill.

What will Labour's first hundred days look like?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative MP Sir Bob Neill, former Labour policy adviser Andrew Fisher, City AM's Alys Denby and pollster Joe Twyman.

Can Elon Musk be ignored?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Polly Billington, journalist and former Mirror editor Alison Phillips, Conservative peer Lord Ranger and the Spectator's Freddy Gray.

Sir Ed Davey suggests a Lib-Lab coalition would be 'logical', Cross Question & are you addicted to gambling?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Conservative MP Brendan Clarke-Smith, barrister Charlotte Proudman and Editor-in-Chief of UnHerd Freddie Sayers.

Labour under fire over Rochdale candidate comments and is Trump a threat to peace?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster and DJ Liz Kershaw, Josh Simons from the Labour Together think tank, independent London mayoral candidate Rayhan Haque and political commentator Suzanne Evans.

'Not my King' to be chanted at the Coronation, Cross Question & would you stick to soup and shakes to reverse your diabetes?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Dame Angela Eagle, former BBC Director-General Greg Dyke, Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood and commentator Ella Whelan.

Majority want an election next year, Cross Question and are we all looking after each other enough?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Chair of the Jewish Labour Movement Mike Katz, barrister and author Hashi Mohamed, political reporter at The Sun Noa Hoffman and Conservative peer Lord Greenhalgh.

Iain was standing in for James O'Brien, and asked callers for their thoughts on trail hunting, ahead of the mid-morning commencement of the annual tradition. Rachel Pearson, a survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster, shared her story on the 20th anniversary. Former LBC Presenter Larry Lamb discussed his 'Gavin & Stacey' and 'Eastenders' roles. Iain also spoke with callers on private school fee increases, and with Professor Giles Yeo MBE from the University of Cambridge, to discuss the possibility of the weight-loss medication Ozempic being used for advanced Alzheimer's patients.

Will Trump trust Putin?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Dr Luke Evans, Labour MP Rachael Maskell, Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges and broadcaster Edward Adoo.

Live from Liverpool: Labour look to prove their economic credentials, Cross Question & what other choices did Israel really have but to defend itself?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question, live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, are Labour MP Sarah Jones, the Fire Brigades Union's General Secretary Matt Wrack & political strategist John McTernan.

Does JD Vance respect the UK?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Josh Simons, Conservative peer and former defence minister Lord Robathan, theatre director Jude Kelly and Robert Shrimsley from the Financial Times.

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes your calls, Cross Question and is Israel's military operation on the West Bank morally defensible?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer, Labour's Shadow Employment Minister Alison McGovern, Conservative Party vice-chair Paul Holmes and the UK director of Human Rights Watch Yasmine Ahmed.

Are you convinced by the Prime Minister's pledge to rebuild the country?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question, live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, are the Technology and Culture Minister Sir Chris Bryant, the University and College Union General Secretary Jo Grady and the newly-elected Labour MP Calvin Bailey.

Will Marine Le Pen's conviction help her cause?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Wales secretary and Labour MP Jo Stevens, former Tory MP Mark Field, political commentator Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and Christian Calgie from the Express.

Should Starmer open talks over reparations? And experts take your calls on osteoporosis.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Emily Thornberry, Reform UK MP and deputy leader Richard Tice, social mobility campaigner and former Conservative education secretary Justine Greening and rabbi and author Dr Jonathan Romain.

BMA rejects Government's pay offer, Wes Streeting speaks about his new book on growing up in poverty & has your mental health ruined your career?

'Aggressive begging', Bill Browder and Evgenia Kara-Murza, Question Marks and prison reform

Should the Tories be in any way concerned as Lee Anderson joins Reform UK?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and chair of the Treasury Committee Harriet Baldwin, Labour MP Charlotte Nichols, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London Zoe Garbett and lawyer Natasha Hausdorff.

Labour MP calls for UK to negotiate slavery reparations, Cross Question & should 'silent prayer' be allowed outside abortion clinics?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds, Conservative MP Heather Wheeler, broadcaster Christina Patterson and free speech campaigner and Director of the Academy of Ideas think tank Baroness Fox.

Is it fair for tuition fees to go up and can a four-day working week work?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening, ahead of polling day in the US election, are former British ambassador to the US Lord Darroch, Jennifer Ewing from Republicans Overseas, John Scardino from Democrats Abroad and Sunday Telegraph columnist Zoe Strimpel.

Should we cut the foreign aid budget to spend more on defence?

Plus, Lord Sumption takes your calls on the state of our justice system. And should we give the Benin bronzes back?

How the October 7th attacks changed the world - and Robert Jenrick takes your calls

Iain is joined for Cross Question this evening by jeweller and businesswoman Kiki McDonough, Lib Dem chief whip and MP Wendy Chamberlain, Conservative MP and former chief whip Wendy Morton and home affairs commentator and former Yvette Cooper adviser Danny Shaw.

Sunak suggests election in second half of the year, experts debate the Elgin Marbles & are junior doctors being irresponsible?

Live the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester: whose vision is controlling the Conservative Party, Cross Question & are you a workaholic?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Conservative MP Anthony Browne, social mobility campaigner and former Education Secretary Justine Greening & the Onward think-tank's director Sebastian Payne.

Will the Gaza ceasefire last?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP and shadow cabinet minister Alex Burghart, broadcaster Anne McElvoy, Labour MP Danny Beales and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.

Will Trump's online rants achieve peace?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are defence minister and Labour MP Luke Pollard, former Conservative culture secretary Lucy Frazer, Financial Times columnist Stephen Bush and non-affiliated peer Claire Fox.

Boost for onshore wind, Cross Question & is a four-day week really practical?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are independent MP former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, Conservative MP Danny Kruger, social commentator Professor Mona Siddiqui and former Cameron adviser Sarah Southern.

Can the West have any influence on what Israel does?

Brother of an Israeli hostage takes your calls & are more UK air strikes in Yemen justified?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are journalist and broadcaster Anne McElvoy, Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood, Labour MP Sarah Champion and the Mirror's political editor John Stevens.

Rishi Sunak wants to be the change candidate, Cross Question & Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay takes your calls

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are True and Fair Party Leader Gina Miller, Conservative peer Lord Marland, commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and LBC's Political Editor Natasha Clark.

Should we take Gazan refugees?

Plus, experts talk you through the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

And are fireworks harmful to pets?

Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely takes your calls.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former comms adviser to Boris Johnson Jo Tanner, barrister Sam Fowles, LabourList's Tom Belger and commentator Phoebe Arslanagić-Little.

Where will Ukraine be in a year's time?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and defence committee chair Tan Dhesi, former Conservative armed forces minister James Heappey, political commentator Suzanne Evans and Sam Freedman from the Institute for Government think tank.

Sunak and Starmer reject calls to urge a ceasefire in the Middle East, Cross Question & how important is learning a foreign language?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Crossbench peer and Vice-President of the CBI Lord Bilimoria, Liberal Democrat MP and women and equalities spokesperson Christine Jardine, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain and former Conservative MP and Transport Minister Steve Norris.

Covid enquiry turns ugly, Cross Question, working parents criticised & extended interview with the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK

Joining Iain Dale on LBC this evening are Mail columnist Sarah Vine, Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Munira Wilson and Zoë Grünewald from the New Statesman.

Keir Starmer to raise defence spending but is this a good idea?

How do you solve a problem like inflation? Plus, Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely takes your calls

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch takes your calls - and Simon Marks answers your questions ahead of the inauguration.

Suella Braverman says multiculturalism has failed, Cross Question & have you had a good experience with NHS cancer care?

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Crosshbench peer and former diplomat Lord Darroch, former Boris Johnson adviser Alex Crowley, foreign policy expert Sophia Gaston and journalist Jo Phillips.