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Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of Britain, beating out leadership rival Jeremy Hunt. He's promised to deliver Brexit by Halloween on October 31 - but how realistic is that? Kathryn speaks… Audio

Tensions are rising rapidly after Iran's seizure of a British-flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, described the seizure as an act of "state piracy" which demanded… Audio

UK correspondent Matt Dathan reports on the final leadership hustings by Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt as 164,000 Tory party members get set to vote. Meanwhile Theresa May has used her farewell speech… Audio

UK correspondent Harriet Line reports on the reaction to Tory party leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's pledge to dump so-called 'sin taxes' - including lifting the levy on sugary drinks. China's… Audio

UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn for a look at the last two men standing in the race for the Tory leadership, as well as Boris Johnson's admission of his peculiar hobby - building buses… Audio

UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to discuss the Tory leadership race, with the departure of Rory Stewart in the latest round of voting. Boris Johnson has substantially increased his tally -… Audio

The UK political scene continues to be completely in flux. With a new Tory leadership contest well underway, criminal allegations and MPs jumping parties seemingly at will, nothing is certain.  Audio

Listener Janet emailed pods@rnz.co.nz about Brexitcast, a show she's got addicted to that features some top BBC journalists explaining what's going on with Brexit. As Janet writes "... it's very… Audio

UK Harriet Line reports on how Donald Trump conducted himself during his state visit to the UK, the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings and Boris Johnson. Audio

UK correspondent Matthew Parris looks at the 11 candidates who have declared themselves in the running to replace Theresa May - how many of them have agreed to "keep it clean"? And Boris Johnson has… Audio

It's been another huge day for UK politics. Theresa May has seen another cabinet minister resign and is expected to do so herself soon. But that's been the case before.  Audio

UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins us for the latest in British politics: leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom has resigned after Prime Minister Theresa May resisted pressure on her to step… Audio

TVNZ is axing the Jeremy Kyle Show. It comes after a 63 year-old grandfather was found dead from apparent suicide, shortly after his appearance on the UK show, where he failed a lie detector test over… Audio

UK correspondent Kate Adie looks at the axing of the Jeremy Kyle show after the death of a guest as more stories emerge from participants about the negative effect it had on their lives. She'll also… Audio

UK correspondent Matt Dathan says British Prime Minister Theresa May has finally bowed to pressure from her colleagues to set a departure date - but we'll have to wait another week to find out when it… Audio

UK correspondent Kate Adie looks at the legal dilemma facing the British government over Julian Assange after his arrest, how the Extinction Rebellion is adding to London traffic hell and there's no… Audio