Cross Question with Iain Dale

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour MP Samantha Niblett, Reform UK's leader of Kent County Council Linden Kemkaran, the historian and Conservative peer Simon Heffer (now known as Lord Blackwater), plus The Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP and former Health Minister Preet Kaur Gill, Conservative MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke, former Labour policy adviser James Matthewson, plus the journalist and columnist Charlotte Lytton.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, journalist and author Baroness Camilla Cavendish, Labour MP Tom Hayes, plus the former Conservative adviser Lucy Harris.

Joining Iain Dale are former British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Kim Darroch, Whitehall Editor of the Financial Times Lucy Fisher, former Conservative Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker, plus former SNP MP John Nicolson.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour MP and Science and Technology Committee chair Dame Chi Onwurah, the Conservatives' Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Joy Morrissey, women's safety campaigner Jamie Klingler, plus the political consultant Dr Tim Hames.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Democrats Abroad UK's vice-chair George King, the American broadcaster Tom Rivers, Labour MP and Commons Foreign Affairs Committee member Alex Ballinger, plus the Conservative peer and Lords International Relations Committee member Baroness Stephanie Fraser.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour MP and Defence Committee chair Tan Dhesi, the Conservatives' Shadow Development Minister Wendy Morton, journalist and broadcaster Christina Patterson, plus the executive chair of the Bright Blue think-tank Ryan Shorthouse.

Joining Iain Dale are Institute of Economic Affairs Director Lord Daniel Hannan, Entrepreneur Emma Sinclair MBE, former Shadow Chancellor and Labour MP John McDonnell, plus Director of Common Wealth Mathew Lawrence.

Joining Iain Dale for a budget special are Labour MP and former international development minister (and former shadow chancellor) Dame Anneliese Dodds, economist and author Dr Faiza Shaheen, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce Shevaun Haviland, & Conservative MP and former energy minister Graham Stuart.

Joining Iain Dale are Liberal Democrats' Justice Spokesperson Jess Brown-Fuller, Labour MP Jon Trickett, Editor of ConservativeHome Giles Dilnot, plus Reform UK MP Andrew Rosindell.

Joining Iain Dale are Labour MP Seema Malhotra, Chair of the advisory body Intertrade UK Baroness Arlene Foster, foreign correspondent Ian Birrell, plus business owner and activist Gina Miller.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Labour MP and minister Caroline Flint, Conservative peer and former minister Lord Tariq Ahmad, The Sun's political correspondent Tom Scotson, plus the columnist Martha Gill.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the journalist and broadcaster Rachel Shabi, Reform UK's London Assembly member Alex Wilson, the Conservatives' Shadow Solicitor General Jerome Mayhew, plus Labour MP Ruth Jones.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservatives' Shadow National Security Minister Alicia Kearns, former Downing Street Director of Communications during Keir Starmer's premiership James Lyons, businessman and former 'Dragon's Den' investor Richard Farleigh, plus the leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party Claire Hanna.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative MP and former Cabinet minister Sir Gavin Williamson, the former Channel 4 Head of News Dorothy Byrne, the columnist Angela Epstein, plus Labour MP Mike Reader.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the conservative commentator Emily Hewertson, Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean, political journalist Nadine Batchelor-Hunt, plus the former Conservative minister Tim Loughton.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the presenter of the Daily Expresso podcast JJ Anisiobi, political journalist Zoë Grünewald, the Conservatives' Shadow Treasury Minister Dame Harriett Baldwin, plus the Labour MP Alex McIntyre.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Alex Sobel from Labour, Sarah Bool from the Conservatives and Liz Saville-Roberts from Plaid Cymru, plus the Ukraine-based aid worker and former Tory MP Brooks Newmark.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour MP Chris Ward, non-affiliated peer Baroness Claire Fox, the internationalist Best for Britain's chief executive Naomi Smith, plus the content creator Stuart Pidman.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former Conservative Cabinet minister Michelle Donelan, Corbyn-era Labour manifesto writer Andrew Fisher, the Co-operative Party's Interim General Secretary Caitlin Prowle, plus the Social Democratic Party leadership hopeful Sebastian Moore.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the businessman Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones (a.k.a. 'The Black Farmer'), civil liberties campaigner Silkie Carlo from the campaign group Big Brother Watch, Labour activist Stella Tsantekidou, plus the former Conservative peer and Health Minister Lord James Bethell.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question - live from the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham - are Shadow Energy Security Secretary Andrew Bowie, former Tory Cabinet minister Gillian Keegan, plus The Spectator's Lara Brown.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question - live from the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham - are Shadow Justice Minister Dr Kieran Mullan, the More in Common think-tank and pollster's director Luke Tryl, plus The Spectator's Tali Fraser.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Lib Dem leader on the London Assembly Hina Bokhari, Conservative London Mayoral hopeful Festus Akinbusoye, plus the political commentator Matt Stadlen.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the New Statesman's Oli Dugmore, the Daily Telegraph columnist Ella Whelan, Labour peer and former adviser to then-Chancellor Alistair Darling Baroness Catherine MacLeod, plus the social media Holocaust-themed content creator Dov Forman.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question - live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool - are Treasury Minister James Murray, the Equity union's General Secretary Paul W. Fleming, plus the Liverpool Echo's Political Editor Liam Thorp.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question - live from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool - are Trade Minister Lord Anas Sarwar, the University and College Union's General Secretary Dr Jo Grady, plus The Observer's Whitehall Editor Cat Neilan.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former Conservative Immigration Minister Tom Pursglove, Green Party peer and former leader Baroness Natalie Bennett, The Guardian's Policy Editor Kiran Stacey, plus LBC presenter James Hanson.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are columnist Emily Sheffield, Labour MP Joe Powell, former Conservative MP Anna Firth, plus the journalist Eleanor Mills.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Dame Siobhain McDonagh, Reform UK's Director of Local Government Jaymey McIvor, City AM's Opinion and Features Editor Alys Denby, plus the author and political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Reform UK's 2028 London Mayoral election candidate Laila Cunningham, farmer and former Big Brother housemate Cameron Kinch, NASUWT teaching union General Secretary Matt Wrack, plus Labour MP David Pinto-Duschinsky.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Former Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC, former prisoner David Shipley, former Chief Inspector of Prisons Dame Ann Owers, and former prison officer Alex South.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Jess Asato, Conservative Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and former MP Paul Bristow, the Verdant think-tank director James Meadway, plus the writer and commentator Reem Ibrahim.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Alex Ballinger, Conservative Shadow Energy Security Minister Dr Luke Evans, Heart of London Business Alliance's chief executive Ros Morgan, plus the investigative journalist Ellie Flynn.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour's Transport Minister Keir Mather, Conservative Shadow Scotland Secretary Harriet Cross, Reform UK decision-making board member Gawain Towler, plus the barrister and broadcaster Hashi Mohamed.

Joining Iain Dale on a special youth-focused edition of Cross Question are the feminist writer Tilly Middlehurst, CPAC GB Youth Ambassador Jayden Palmer, the Green Party Deputy Mayor of Hackney Dylan Law, plus the podcaster Joshua Eames.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour's Work and Pensions Minister Lilian Greenwood, former Conservative Cabinet minister Sir Simon Clarke, Lib Dem MP Layla Moran, plus businessman Lord Karan Bilimoria.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the businessman Sir Martin Sorrell, plus MPs Dr Jeevun Sandher from Labour, Dr Ellie Chowns from the Green Party and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst from the Conservatives.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry, the broadcaster Sir Trevor Phillips, Conservative peer Baroness Joanne Cash, plus the political commentator Jess Caine.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Chair of the Labour Muslim Network Ali Milani, former Deputy Prime Minister Baroness Dr Thérèse Coffey, London's Liberal Democrats Spokesperson Luke Taylor, and Broadcaster & entrepreneur Claudia Hearne.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative Women and Equalities Minister Joy Morrissey, Labour MP Helena Dollimore, the Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges, plus the Yorktown Institute research fellow and British Army veteran Rob Clark.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Octopus Energy chief executive Greg Jackson, plus MPs Tonia Antoniazzi from Labour, Douglas Lumsden from the Conservatives plus Lara Bird from the SNP.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Liberal Democrat trade spokesperson Josh Reynolds, manufacturing sector businessman John Elliott, Green Party London Assembly member Caroline Russell, plus political commentator Sarah Southern.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Rachel Blake from Labour and David Mundell from the Conservatives, the Green New Deal Rising campaign's Hannah Martin, plus LBC presenter Henry Riley.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former former Conservative Cabinet minister Dame Theresa Villiers, fine jeweller Kiki McDonough, transport journalist Christian Wolmar, plus long-time Jeremy Corbyn adviser James Schneider.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward, Labour London Assembly member Leonie Cooper, Conservative local councillor and former London Assembly member Tony Devenish, plus businessman Kiran Fothergill.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, commentator and former town mayor Andy Preston, businessman Tony Earnshaw, plus Zeteo UK's Political Editor Shehab Khan.

Simon Marks sits in and is joined on Cross Question by Green Party London Assembly member Benali Hamdache, Reform UK adviser on global affairs Dr Alan Mendoza, LBC presenter Natasha Devon and former Conservative adviser James Starkie.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Common Wealth think-tank director and 'Manchesterism' analyst Mathew Lawrence, the British Chambers of Commerce's Director-General Shevaun Haviland, the Daily Express' deputy editor-in-chief Sam Lister, plus The i newspaper's senior reporter Benjamin Butterworth.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former Cabinet ministers Jim Murphy from Labour, Lord Mark Harper from the Conservatives and Sir Vince Cable from the Liberal Democrats, plus the Politico journalist Anne McElvoy.