Beyond Westminster
Series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament
Beyond Westminster - 01/08/2009
Elinor Goodman visits Crays Hill in Essex, where travellers are currently facing eviction, and asks if their needs can ever be reconciled with those of local residents.
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Beyond Westminster - 02/01/2010
Jim Hancock considers what lies in store for a former parliamentarian in the world beyond Westminster and talks to some of those who are saying goodbye at the next election.
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Beyond Westminster - 02/10/2010
Ahead of the Conservative Party conference, John Kampfner asks what it means now to be a Tory, what principles govern the party and what impact the Lib Dems are having on them.
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Beyond Westminster - 03/04/2010
As polls predict a hung parliament at Westminster, what lessons can Scotland offer, after a decade of coalition and minority government in Edinburgh? Brian Taylor reports.
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Beyond Westminster - 03/10/2009
Iain Martin asks what lies behind the Conservative Party leadership. Is David Cameron purposely fudging his beliefs in his bid to win the next election?
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Beyond Westminster - 05/09/2009
Mark Devenport examines the track record of devolved government in Northern Ireland, 10 years after the Assembly was established at Stormont as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
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Beyond Westminster - 07/08/2010
With membership of political parties falling, Anne McElvoy asks why people still bother to join and examines some of the new methods being used to draw people into the party fold.
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Beyond Westminster - 08/08/2009
Jim Hancock and a panel of MPs discuss the impact of the recession in the West Midlands and the North West, asking if government measures to support manufacturing firms are working.
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Beyond Westminster - 09/10/2010
Andrew Rawnsley looks at how the main UK parties are repositioning themselves in unchartered political waters.
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Beyond Westminster - 10/10/2009
Are personalities eclipsing politics? Andrew Rawnsley asks whether we are losing sight of the issues in favour of the cult of personality.
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Beyond Westminster - 11/04/2009
Looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament. Elinor Goodman examines a 'Green New Deal' which has been promised to fight both global warming and the recession.
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Beyond Westminster - 12/09/2009
As trade unions gather for the TUC Congress, Jim Hancock examines calls from some activists to end the political levy to the Labour Party.
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Beyond Westminster - 14/08/2010
The coalition has asked voters for their views about how and where public spending cuts might fall, but Elinor Goodman asks if their voices will be heard beyond Westminster.
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Beyond Westminster - 15/08/2009
The average student debt is now almost 22,000 pounds, and is set to increase as universities look to raise tuition fees. Jim Hancock visits Leeds to talk to undergraduates there.
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Beyond Westminster - 18/04/2009
Iain Martin looks at how politicians, with a general election to fight, are facing up to the prospect of deep cuts in spending to cut spiralling government debt.
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Beyond Westminster - 19/09/2009
With both government and opposition promising a crackdown on anti-social behaviour, Ben Wright asks how much power politicians really have over our behaviour.
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Beyond Westminster - 20/02/2010
Denis Murray takes a journey across Northern Ireland to find out what voters there really think about their representatives.
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Beyond Westminster - 21/02/2009
Andrew Rawnsley discovers how political parties are appealing to more mature voters and asks if the Tories' apparent advantage with that section of the electorate will persist.
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Beyond Westminster - 21/08/2010
As the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pass their first 100 days in government, John Kampfner goes in search of the perfect coaltion.
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Beyond Westminster - 22/08/2009
In the wake of voters' anger with their elected representatives over expenses, Ben Wright explores the growth of direct democracy and asks if it can ever work on a large scale.
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Beyond Westminster - 26/09/2009
Andrew Rawnsley investigates how radically the nation's defences will be reshaped when public money is tight.
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Beyond Westminster - 26/12/2009
A special edition of the programme to mark the bicentenary of Gladstone's birth, from St Deiniol's Library in North Wales.
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Beyond Westminster - 29/08/2009
With budgets tightening and environmental worries rising, Iain Martin asks how radical the main political parties will be with their plans for improving the transport network.
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Beyond Westminster - 30/05/2009
After the row about MPs' expenses, Elinor Goodman discovers how voters and candidates for the European elections are reacting.
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Beyond Westminster - A Touch of Ermine
Author and former Conservative adviser Michael Dobbs suggests that political patronage isn't a medieval relic but is alive and kicking, and asks how much it influences our politics.
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Beyond Westminster - In Search of the Big Society
The Big Society will revolutionise the way we think of the state and will change politics forever beyond Westminster. So what exactly does it mean? Mary Ann Sieghart investigates.
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Beyond Westminster - Inside the Star Chamber
As the public spending axe looms, Andrew Rawnsley probes with insiders and top politicians the role of the infamous Star Chamber which makes the fateful decisions on who gets what.
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Beyond Westminster - Lessons learned from Coalitions past
Amid the ructions within the Tories and Liberal Democrats, what lessons can today's ministers learn from earlier coalitions? Will politics be re-shaped or just re-branded?
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Beyond Westminster - Series 1
Series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament
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Beyond Westminster - Series 2
Series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament
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Beyond Westminster - What makes a good political leader?
As Labour's new supremo emerges, John Kampfner explores political leadership. What are the key qualities? Can they be taught? And are all our leaders becoming the same?
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