BBC Radio 4 PM @BBCPM

This is the official account of PM on @BBCRadio4. On air 5-6pm weekdays and Saturday 5-5.30pm. #bbcpm bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b… Joined June 2013

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BBC Radio 4 PM @BBCPM

5 hours ago

‘’It's a dark day for the party and the government’’ Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South, gives his reaction to the cabinet reshuffle, following Angela Rayner’s resignation. #BBCPM

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5 hours ago

‘’We need to move quickly and we need to start delivering’’ Chris Curtis, Labour MP for Milton Keynes North, gives his reaction the cabinet reshuffle, following Angela Rayner’s resignation #BBCPM

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Tom McTague, Editor-in-Chief of the New Statesman and author, has just released his new book ‘Between the Waves’. He joins @EvanHD to discuss the lessons it offers and what it reveals about the future of Britain’s relationship with Europe. #BBCPM

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2 days ago

"The sexism and classism that's been thrown at Angela... is hypocritical to the extreme." Labour peer Baroness Debbonaire defends Angela Rayner, after the deputy PM admits she underpaid stamp duty when buying her flat in Hove. #BBCPM

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2 days ago

A study has found a minute a day of brisk exercise can significantly reduce the risk of dying by more than a third. Samantha Stone, a trainer from Barry's fitness, shows @EvanHD some tips for working out 🏃‍♂️ #BBCPM

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3 days ago

The interest rate on 30-year government bonds has jumped to 5.698%, making it more expensive for the government to borrow money. Former Treasury adviser Lord O'Neill says he is 'bothered' by the recent movement in the bond markets. #BBCPM

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4 days ago

The Government will temporarily suspend new refugee family reunion applications in an "overhaul" of the asylum system. @EvanHD put to Minister Jacqui Smith that this was done in response to Reform UK highlighting the issue. #BBCPM

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4 days ago

Seventy-three years after the Titanic sank, its wreck was discovered by a group of US and French scientists on 1st September 1985. Oceanography professor Robert Ballard describes the moment his team discovered the ruins more than two miles deep in the Atlantic Ocean. #BBCPM

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a week ago

“What I saw was clearly people very hungry.” Cindy McCain is the Executive Director of the World Food Programme and has been in Gaza this week. She described the conditions she saw on #BBCPM

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BBC Radio 4 PM @BBCPM

a week ago

Should everyone be polite to AI chatbots? Businessman Michael Samedi, who has co-founded the United Foundation of AI Rights alongside his bot Maya, says human-AI relations is 'the very conversation we need to be having now'. #BBCPM

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a week ago

Russia's ambassador to the UK has been summoned to the Foreign Office, following Moscow's major strikes on Kyiv overnight. But what does that entail? Sir Simon Fraser, former head of the Foreign Office, tells #BBCPM the conversation could have been 'frosty and formal'.

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a week ago

Human rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Nice tells #BBCPM the European Convention on Human Rights 'mustn't be amended by the whim of one nation' at risk of adding to the asylum burden on other nations. Sir Geoffrey explains that the convention must be amended by 'common agreement'.

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a week ago

"60-70% of asylum applications are accepted - are you comfortable with that?" @EvanHD asks Lord Hanson, Home Office Minister, who tells #BBCPM the UK is working with France and other European partners to deal with the pressures that bring people to claim asylum.

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2 weeks ago

"We are going to have to look at...temporarily suspending particular elements of it until we can get a grip." Former Home Secretary Lord Blunkett tells #BBCPM in the medium-term, the UK may have to opt out of the ECHR and the UN Refugee Convention to cut the asylum backlog.

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2 weeks ago

"I just thought it was the best thing I'd ever done!" Ahead of the opening match of the Women's Rugby World Cup this evening, RFU President Deborah Griffin describes how she and some friends set up the first game in the UK - by challenging another university. #BBCPM

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2 weeks ago

"Donald Trump is the one person in the world who could stop this." Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey tells #BBCPM he thinks the UK should pressure the US to act on famine being declared in Gaza.

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2 weeks ago

"If we can split the sofa... Brilliant, we've won." Actor James Norton talks about the rivalry between Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror in his new drama, King & Conqueror 👑 #BBCPM

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2 weeks ago

"Phantom limb pain is just one of those many things which I never really knew about before." Luke Tarrant, who lost a leg in a motorbike accident, describes the sensation of phantom limb syndrome and how he deals with it. #BBCPM

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2 weeks ago

The Chancellor is reported to be looking at reforming property taxes in the budget. Tim Leunig, former Treasury economic advisor to Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, tells @EvanHD he's confident Rachel Reeves will stick to her manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, NI or VAT.