Cross Question with Iain Dale

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Jess Asato, Conservative Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and former MP Paul Bristow, the Verdant think-tank director James Meadway, plus the writer and commentator Reem Ibrahim.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Alex Ballinger, Conservative Shadow Energy Security Minister Dr Luke Evans, Heart of London Business Alliance's chief executive Ros Morgan, plus the investigative journalist Ellie Flynn.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour's Transport Minister Keir Mather, Conservative Shadow Scotland Secretary Harriet Cross, Reform UK decision-making board member Gawain Towler, plus the barrister and broadcaster Hashi Mohamed.

Joining Iain Dale on a special youth-focused edition of Cross Question are the feminist writer Tilly Middlehurst, CPAC GB Youth Ambassador Jayden Palmer, the Green Party Deputy Mayor of Hackney Dylan Law, plus the podcaster Joshua Eames.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour's Work and Pensions Minister Lilian Greenwood, former Conservative Cabinet minister Sir Simon Clarke, Lib Dem MP Layla Moran, plus businessman Lord Karan Bilimoria.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the businessman Sir Martin Sorrell, plus MPs Dr Jeevun Sandher from Labour, Dr Ellie Chowns from the Green Party and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst from the Conservatives.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry, the broadcaster Sir Trevor Phillips, Conservative peer Baroness Joanne Cash, plus the political commentator Jess Caine.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Chair of the Labour Muslim Network Ali Milani, former Deputy Prime Minister Baroness Dr Thérèse Coffey, London's Liberal Democrats Spokesperson Luke Taylor, and Broadcaster & entrepreneur Claudia Hearne.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative Women and Equalities Minister Joy Morrissey, Labour MP Helena Dollimore, the Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges, plus the Yorktown Institute research fellow and British Army veteran Rob Clark.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Octopus Energy chief executive Greg Jackson, plus MPs Tonia Antoniazzi from Labour, Douglas Lumsden from the Conservatives plus Lara Bird from the SNP.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Liberal Democrat trade spokesperson Josh Reynolds, manufacturing sector businessman John Elliott, Green Party London Assembly member Caroline Russell, plus political commentator Sarah Southern.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Rachel Blake from Labour and David Mundell from the Conservatives, the Green New Deal Rising campaign's Hannah Martin, plus LBC presenter Henry Riley.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former former Conservative Cabinet minister Dame Theresa Villiers, fine jeweller Kiki McDonough, transport journalist Christian Wolmar, plus long-time Jeremy Corbyn adviser James Schneider.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward, Labour London Assembly member Leonie Cooper, Conservative local councillor and former London Assembly member Tony Devenish, plus businessman Kiran Fothergill.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, commentator and former town mayor Andy Preston, businessman Tony Earnshaw, plus Zeteo UK's Political Editor Shehab Khan.

Simon Marks sits in and is joined on Cross Question by Green Party London Assembly member Benali Hamdache, Reform UK adviser on global affairs Dr Alan Mendoza, LBC presenter Natasha Devon and former Conservative adviser James Starkie.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Common Wealth think-tank director and 'Manchesterism' analyst Mathew Lawrence, the British Chambers of Commerce's Director-General Shevaun Haviland, the Daily Express' deputy editor-in-chief Sam Lister, plus The i newspaper's senior reporter Benjamin Butterworth.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former Cabinet ministers Jim Murphy from Labour, Lord Mark Harper from the Conservatives and Sir Vince Cable from the Liberal Democrats, plus the Politico journalist Anne McElvoy.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the journalist and broadcaster Afua Hagan, the political commentator Anita Boateng, trade unionist Chris Webb, plus the director of the Popular Conservatism movement Mark Littlewood.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Samantha Niblett, political commentator Ellie Hodges, journalist and writer Andy Twelves, plus LBC's own Political Correspondent Bethany Dawson.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Conservative MP and former Net Zero Minister Graham Stuart, Green Party peer Baroness Jenny Jones, the Daily Telegraph's Poppy Coburn, plus Dr Mike Galsworthy from the European Movement UK campaign group.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Miatta Fahnbulleh - whose resignation helped triggered Sir Keir Starmer's resignation, the Conservatives' Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith, the SNP's Westminster leader Dave Doogan, plus the journalist and broadcaster Angela Epstein.

Joining Iain Dale are Labour MP Luke Charters, former UKIP deputy chairman Suzanne Evans, former Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski, plus the podcaster Jemma Forte.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour councillor and former Gogglebox star Josh Tapper, former Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley, the Sunday Telegraph's Political Editor Camilla Turner, plus the Children's Alliance charity chief executive and former Conservative MP Jo Gideon.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Liberal Democrat frontbencher Lisa Smart, former Conservative Cabinet minister Justine Greening, The Guardian columnist Zoe Williams, plus the writer and commentator Benedict Spence.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former England forward Eni Aluko, the former Conservative Cabinet minister Sir Ranil Jayawardena, Labour MP Alex Sobel, plus The Specator's Commissioning Editor Tali Fraser.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Dr Jeevun Sandher, the Lib Dems' Transport spokesperson Olly Glover, former Brexit Party and Conservative MEP Lucy Harris, plus the former Number 10 civil servant Caroline Slocock.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Conservative peer and Olympic silver medal-winning swimmer Baroness Sharron Davies, Labour MP Tom Hayes, the Think Labour think-tank chief executive Alison Phillips, plus the former Conservative Home Office adviser Christopher Howarth.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative peer Baroness Nicky Morgan, Labour MP Joe Morris, political communications strategist Jo Tanner, plus UK and Ireland Correspondent for the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica Antonello Guerrera.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Reform UK's Head of Local Government Delivery Ben Bradley, MPs Stella Creasy from Labour and Kirsty Blackman from the SNP, plus The Sun's political correspondent Tom Scotson.

Simon Marks sits in for Iain Dale and is joined by Green Party peer and former leader Baroness Natalie Bennett, The Times' leader writer Sebastian Payne, The i paper columnist and former Corbyn adviser Andrew Fisher, plus the former leader of the Conservatives in the House of Lords Baroness Tina Stowell.

Simon Marks sits in for Iain Dale and is joined by Labour MP Charlotte Nichols, Conservative peer and former Cabinet minister Lord Simon Hart, The Times columnist Cindy Yu, plus the New Statesman's associate political editor Rachel Cunliffe.

On the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum, Simon Marks sits in for Iain Dale and is joined by the transparency campaigner and Brexit process legal challenger Gina Miller, businessman and former Brexit Party then Conservative MEP Lance Forman, writer and broadcaster David Aaronovitch, plus the Daily Telegraph columnist Ella Whelan.

Simon Marks sits in for Iain Dale and is joined by the Labour Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard, Conservative MP Greg Smith, former Channel 4 Head of News and Current Affairs Dorothy Byrne, plus The Spectator's William Atkinson.

Simon Marks sits in and is joined on an international affairs special edition of Cross Question by former defence minister Tobias Ellwood, former editor of the Financial Times Lionel Barber, Bénédicte Paviot from France24 and Jane Kinninmont of the United Nations Association.

Simon Marks sits in and is joined on Cross Question by Labour MP Natasha Irons, former Conservative minister Paul Scully, Liberal Democrat health and social care spokesperson Helen Morgan and political commentator Albie Amankona.

Simon Marks sits in and is joined on Cross Question by Labour MP and foreign affairs committee member Alex Ballinger, Conservative MP Sir John Hayes, Green Party MP Ellie Chowns and former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Conservative Security Minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Labour MP Claire Hazelgrove, the Sunday Telegraph columnist Zoe Strimpel, plus the charity founder the Reverend Steve Chalke.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Dawn Butler and Caroline Voaden from the Liberal Democrats, the Conservative peer and director of the Institute of Economic Affairs Lord Daniel Hannan, plus the Tory local councillor and former Police and Crime Commissioner Festus Akinbusoye.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Green Party Mayor of Hackney Zoë Garbett, former Conservative Cabinet minister Lord John Redwood, UK-EU relations expert Mike Buckley, plus the journalist and media executive Anna van Praagh.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the independent peer and free speech campaigner Baroness Claire Fox, economist Duncan Weldon, Labour MP Toby Perkins and Conservative London Assembly deputy leader Emma Best.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the entrepreneur Emma Sinclair, Labour MP Dame Siobhain McDonagh, former Conservative adviser Samuel Kasumu, plus the political commentator and Labour local councillor Sebastian Salek.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the businessman known as 'the Black Farmer' Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, Lib Dem Home Affairs spokesperson Max Wilkinson, Labour MP Alison Hume, plus Conservative peer and former chief schools inspector Baroness Amanda Spielman.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Polly Billington, Reform UK London Assembly member Alex Wilson, former Conservative MP Theo Clarke, plus the political journalist Ian Dunt.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Joe Powell, Conservative peer Lord Craig Mackinlay, economist Liam Halligan, plus the author and commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

Iain Dale is joined on Cross Question by Labour MP Tom Hayes, former Conservative universities minister Michelle Donelan, Lib Dem MP Joshua Reynolds and commentator Phoebe Arslanagić-Little.

Iain Dale is joined on Cross Question this evening by Telegraph journalist and former Tory adviser Kirsty Buchanan, Alfie Stirling from the left-leaning Joseph Rowntree Foundation think tank, Emma Revell from the right-leaning Centre for Policy Studies think tank and former Labour Party official Richard Power-Sayeed.

Iain Dale is joined on Cross Question this evening by broadcaster and former SNP MP John Nicolson, columnist Ella Whelan, journalist Laura Beveridge and Max Anderson from the Conservative Environment Network.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Reform UK London Mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham, the Union and College Union's General Secretary Dr Jo Grady, former Boris Johnson adviser Guto Harri, plus the political journalist Michael Crick.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Jack Abbott from Labour and Harriet Cross from the Conservatives, journalist and author James Bloodworth, plus the Sunday Telegraph columnist Janet Daley.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the public law barrister and author Marina Wheeler KC, MPs Luke Charters from Labour and Rebecca Smith from the Conservatives, plus the journalist Christina Patterson.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the journalist Paul Mason, Conservative Shadow Health Minister Dr Luke Evans, Labour MP Rachael Maskell, plus the former Conservative adviser and now Welsh politics podcaster Lauren McEvatt.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Barry Gardiner, entertainment trade union Equity's General Secretary Paul W. Fleming, political commentator Theresa Bischof, plus the journalist Emily Sheffield.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour Cabinet Office Minister Chris Ward, former Andy Burnham adviser Sacha Lord, Conservative Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins, plus The Critic magazine's Henry Hill.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour minister James Frith, Conservative Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden, Novara Media's Ash Sarkar, plus the Daily Telegraph's Annabel Denham.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Charlotte Nichols from Labour and Andrew Rosindell from Reform UK, former Conservative minister Damian Collins, plus the journalist and broadcaster Gavin Esler.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour Party chair Anna Turley, journalist and Reform UK support Tim Montgomerie, Conservative peer Lord Stewart Jackson, plus The Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Danny Beales from Labour, Munira Wilson from the Liberal Democrats and Siân Berry from the Green Party, plus the former Conservative minister Steve Baker.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Rosie Wrighting from Labour, Gareth Bacon from the Conservatives and Monica Harding from the Liberal Democrats, plus the political strategist James Starkie.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Reform UK board member Gawain Towler, Labour activist and former candidate Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, political commentator Benedict Spence, plus psychotherapist Lucy Beresford.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges, plus MPs Naushabah Khan from Labour, Jerome Mayhew from the Conservatives and Dr Danny Chambers from the Liberal Democrats.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Perran Moon, Conservative peer Baroness Rachel Maclean, UKHospitality chairman Kate Nicholls, plus historian and broadcaster Dr Tessa Dunlop.

Iain Dale is joined on Cross Question by Labour MP Alex McIntyre, Conservative MP Joe Robertson, Lib Dem MP Sarah Olney and commentator Angela Epstein.

Joining Iain Dale on an international affairs-focused special edition of Cross Question are the former Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt, the Atlantic Council's senior fellow Elisabeth Braw, plus the former British diplomat Ameer Kotecha.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservatives' Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Alex Burghart, Labour MP Andrew Lewin, Liberal Democrat MP Edward Morello, plus The Spectator's Lara Brown.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question for a Scottish Parliamentary elections special edition are the SNP's Stephen Flynn, Labour's Melanie Ward, the Conservatives' Andrew Bowie, plus stand-up comedian Susie McCabe.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Luke Akehurst, the Conservatives' Shadow Housing Minister David Simmonds, TV personality Colin Seymour (a.k.a. 'Crystal'), plus the Daily Telegraph's Poppy Coburn.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former UNISON General Secretary Christina McAnea, PR expert and candidate on 'The Apprentice' Lawrence Rosenberg, LabourList editor Emma Burnell, plus journalist and author Dr Tim Hames.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the International Chamber of Commerce UK chair Lord Karan Bilimoria, Labour London Assembly member Leonie Cooper, former British diplomat Ameer Kotecha, plus the Centre for London think-tank director Antonia Jennings.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former Conservative minister Greg Hands, former Labour adviser Stella Tsantekidou, newspaper editor David Wooding, plus comedian and journalist Ava Vidal.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Social Mobility Commission's deputy chair Resham Kotecha, former Labour Party adviser Scarlett MccGwire, City AM's opinions editor Alys Denby, plus PoliticsHome reporter Harriet Symonds.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Conservative Cabinet minister Michelle Donelan, Liberal Democrat MP Will Forster, The Guardian columnist Zoe Williams, plus the political commentator Albie Amankona.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Luke Murphy, former Conservative minister Angela Knight, ConservativeHome assistant editor Tali Fraser, plus the political commentator Matthew Stadlen.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Conservative Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood, Labour MP Jim Dickson, former Tory adviser Lucy Harris, plus LBC's very own Natasha Devon.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the hotelier Sir Rocco Forte, Labour MP Dr Jeevun Sandher, Conservative peer Kate Fall, plus the Liberal Democrats' leader in Liverpool Carl Cashman.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Conservative Shadow Development Minister Wendy Morton, Labour MP Jon Trickett, climate activist Fatima Ibrahim from the Green New Deal campaign, plus the YouTuber and Hashtag United FC founder Spencer Owen.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Joe Powell from Labour and Simon Hoare from the Conservatives, writer and broadcaster Emma Trimble, plus the former Labour adviser James Matthewson.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour Muslim Network chair Ali Milani, businesswoman and activist Gina Miller, former Conservative Digital Minister Matt Warman, plus the entrepreneur Leon Emirali.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative Deputy Chief Whip Joy Morrissey, Labour MP Alex Sobel, plus think-tank directors Charlotte Pickles from Re:State and Mathew Lawrence from Common Wealth.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman, the Green Party leader in Westminster Dr Ellie Chowns, businesswoman Kiki McDonough, plus The New World's political editor James Ball.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservatives' Shadow Defence Minister Mark Francois, Independent MP Diane Abbott, Mike Martin from the Liberal Democrats, plus LBC's own Political Editor Natasha Clark.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former Conservative Cabinet minister Dame Theresa Villiers, Labour MP Danny Beales, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and Connie Shaw from the Free Speech Union.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Barry Gardiner from Labour and Sir Alec Shelbrooke from the Conservatives, The New World columnist Lucy Reade, plus the businessman Tony Earnshaw.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour MP Karl Turner, former Conservative minister Lord David Frost, the Daily Express' deputy editor-in-chief Sam Lister, plus The Guardian's columnist Zoe Williams.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Conservative Education Secretary Justine Greening, MPs Darren Paffey from Labour and Pippa Heylings from the Liberal Democrats, plus the PR agency partner Tom Skinner.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are filmmaker Neil Breakwell, MPs David Pinto-Duschinsky from Labour and Sarah Bool from the Conservatives, plus the broadcaster James Max.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Reform UK campaigner and former Conservative Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier, the Conservatives' Shadow Treasury Minister James Wild, plus the TUC chief Paul Nowak

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Tom Hayes from Labour and Sir Bernard Jenkin from the Conservatives, Reform UK London Assembly member Alex Wilson, plus the political journalist Zoë Grünewald.

Joining Iain on Cross Question are the business lobbyist Ros Morgan, MPs Callum Anderson from Labour and Tom Morrison from the Liberal Democrats, plus the non-affiliated peer Baroness Kate Hoey.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Conservative Cabinet minister Dame Penny Mordaunt, Labour MP Preet Kaur Gill, TheArticle editor Daniel Johnson, plus the PoliticsHome reporter Tom Scotson.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservative Shadow Cabinet minister Mims Davies, Labour MP Polly Billington, The Times' leader writer Sebastian Payne, plus the Oasis Community Learning's founder the Reverend Steve Chalke.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the New Statesman's senior associate editor Rachel Cunliffe, London Assembly members Keith Prince from Reform UK and Caroline Russell from the Green Party, plus the political commentator Nathaniel Ogunniyi.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour activist and former Gogglebox star Josh Tapper, former UK ambassador to the US and the EU Lord Kim Darroch, former Conservative MP Anna Firth, plus the political commentator Anita Boateng.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Tory education secretary Gillian Keegan, Reform UK's Ben Bradley, political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Lib Dem MP Luke Taylor.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Daily Telegraph political news editor Kirsty Buchanan, Labour local councillor Sebastian Salek, the Conservatives' deputy leader on the London Assembly Emma Best, plus the journalist and author Rachel Shabi.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Calvin Bailey, former Conservative minister Paul Scully, former Corbyn adviser Andrew Fisher, plus the author and broadcaster Emma Woolf.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Florence Eshalomi, Reform UK London Mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham and former Conservative minister Tim Loughton.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are former Northern Ireland First Minister Baroness Arlene Foster, Labour MP Tan Dhesi, security commentator and Reform UK councillor Dr Alan Mendoza, plus the political journalist and podcaster Anne McElvoy.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the campaigner and former Love Island contestant Sharon Gaffka, MPs Catherine Atkinson from Labour and Bradley Thomas from the Conservatives, plus LBC presenter James Hanson.