Politics: The latest from our Westminster correspondent
Updates and the biggest interviews from the world of politics
Last updated 6th Oct 2021
Get the latest political news, interviews and insight from Bauer Radio's Westminster Correspondent Georgine Prodromou.
Georgie regularly interviews ministers, Prime Ministers and members of the shadow cabinet and MPs from across the country.
The latest political news:
6th October: The Prime Minister takes to the stage at the Conservative Party Conference
Boris Johnson said he would unleash the “unique spirit” of the country as he set out on the “difficult” process of reshaping the British economy.
The Prime Minister used his Conservative Party conference speech to say he has the “guts” to reshape society, addressing issues which had been dodged by previous administrations.
With shortages of lorry drivers and other workers hitting supply chains, leading to empty shelves and queues at petrol stations, Mr Johnson defended his strategy of restricting the supply of cheap foreign labour after Brexit.
And despite a looming National Insurance rise for millions of workers in April to fund a £12 billion annual investment in health and social care, Mr Johnson insisted his new approach would ultimately create a “low-tax economy”.
Georgie Prodromou was inside the hall as Boris Johnson gave his speech:
4th October: The Conservative Party Conference
Our Westminster correspondent is at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.
7th September: Justice Secretary Robert Buckland backs our #IWalkWithWomen campaign
Leading MPs are backing our campaign to end violence against women and girls.
#IWalkWithWomen was launched after the death of Sarah Everard in March 2020.
Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Robert Buckland is the latest high profile MP to back our campaign.
He insists the government is doing what it can to end violence, and support victims who come forward.
3rd September: Pet theft is set to be made a new criminal offence
A new criminal offence for pet abduction is set to be introduced under government plans to crack down on pet theft following a reported rise in pets being stolen during the pandemic.
The new law will recognise the welfare of animals and that pets are valued as more than property.
3rd September: Labour tell us people will go hungry if £20 Universal Credit uplift is removed
Labour's Shadow Work & Pensions Sec told Westminster Correspondent Georgie Prodromou that having the uplift is the difference between having food on the table or not.
It's in response to the government saying that now the economy is reopening they'll focus on supporting people back to work.
12th August: Labour says the government should have done more to make GCSE assessments more uniform
Shadow Minister for Further Education Toby Perkins told us the assessments for GCSEs should have been set out by the government.
It comes as more pupils than ever have got top-grade GCSEs after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row due to Covid-19.
This year results have been determined by teachers and pupils have only been tested on what they have been taught during the pandemic.
11th August: Shadow Education Sec says the government should have created standard A-level assessments after exams were cancelled
Shadow education secretary Kate Green has said because the government didn't set out a standard way of assessing A-level results, private school students were at a huge advantage.
Private schools saw the biggest increase in A-grades yesterday as results were released.
Traditional exams for A-levels were scrapped for the second year due to Covid-19.
Kate Green talked to our reporter Georgie Prodromou:
10th August: Record A-level results, but the Universities Minister tells us students should still get places
The number of A-levels graded A or higher has risen to an all-time high after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row due to coronavirus.
Students across the UK have been picking up their results today (10th August), but most have been given grades determined by teachers, rather than exams.
Universities Minister Michelle Donelan told us capacity shouldn't be a problem:
About our Westminster Correspondent Georgie Prodromou
Georgie Prodromou is Bauer Media's Westminster Correspondent.
From Downing Street to down your street, when decisions are being made that affect our lives, Georgie Prodromou’s on hand to ask the difficult questions to the biggest names in politics.
From campaigning on killer issues to grilling the government, Georgie’s here to bring us the very latest from the corridors of power.
Her work interviewing Ministers, MPs, and many others can be seen and heard on many radio stations across the country including heat radio, Magic, Kiss, Absolute Radio, and many more.