Rishi Sunak made the promise to cut NHS waiting lists and 'he's failed to deliver', @BBCNickRobinson puts to the Health Secretary.

Victoria Atkins: 'Yes... Of course we know there are people are waiting, they're in pain, in anguish. We absolutely understand that.'

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Sad day for BBC Woman's Hour listeners. Soon to be a good day for BBC Radio 4 Today. Have a good one Emma and see you soon.

Correction. Apologies and thanks for pointing it out

Happy Anniversary Karthi ! Only 40 years to go to catch up Garry …

Watch the eclipse now on ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ & on ⁦BBC iPlayer⁩. It’s quite something bbc.co.uk/news/live/scie…

Don't allow Garry's legendary wit & warmth to hide the fact that he's a great interviewer who knows how to mine a few minutes of precious airtime for unforgettable moments & great news lines. We'll really miss him on BBC Radio 4 Today

Britain should consider a Sweden-style selective military conscription system, a former head of MI6 has said

Sir Alex Younger told Nick Robinson as much on The Today Podcast

In Sweden 18-yr-olds fill enlistment forms but only some are then called up
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The Green Party is launching its local election campaign today, with an emphasis on affordable housing. But does the party oppose building new housing?

@BBCNickRobinson asks co-leader Carla Denyer.

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The former head of MI6 weighs in to the debate about how to treat Israel : 'What we want to do is look at ways we can achieve leverage & create incentives for more focus to be put on the issue of what is techincally more collateral damage but what we would call is killing…

'Insufficient care is being paid to collateral risks.'

Former chief of MI6, Sir Alex Younger, on the killing of British aid workers in Gaza this week.

Tragedy in Gaza: Will this week’s events change anything?

This week's The Today Podcast, with Nick Robinson on BBC Sounds

Sad to hear of the death of one of the great political hacks who I learned so much from - capable of being both a gent and a rottweiler. RIP Charles Reiss

What do you think of the idea on this Bank Holiday Monday that we should embrace the Dutch word 'niksen' - doing nothing? I hear the BBC is exploring plans for a new radio station - not BBC Radio 7 but Radio Nul or largely silent radio. It draws inspiration from those TV channels…

There’s a big difference between news reporting and news chat. News chat currently dominates because it’s cheap, easy, and gets clicks and an audience. But it lives off news reporting which is hard, expensive and sometimes dangerous. We seem to regularly confuse the two.