Predictions for the year ahead

Is the New Statesman too soft on Wes Streeting? Are the Lib Dems an unserious party?

Plus our journalists make their predictions for what will happen in 2026, and listen back to their guesses from last year…

Oli Dugmore is joined by Anoosh Chakelian and Rachel Cunliffe.

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