The News Agents
Former BBC journalists Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall on the day’s biggest news and politics stories.Trend provides a summary of each episode and highlights the key points and data, with additional context.
Episodes
Newest first
- 2 Sept 2026
They cited
- highest since 2008
- 3% of GDP
- UK 10-year government bond yield level
- UK defence spending as a share of GDP
- 25 Aug 2026
They cited
- 2.9%
- £39,260
- UK CPI inflation change under Sunak
- MP annual salary
- 24 Aug 2026
They cited
- $3,000 a ton
- $1,100 a year
- European aluminium price per ton
- Estimated extra annual cost per US family from tariffs
- 21 Aug 2026
They cited
- 250,000 people
- about 10%
- Protest turnout, single event
- Protest turnout as share of population
- 7 Aug 2026