Cross Question with Iain Dale
Hosted by Iain Dale · LBC
4.5from 49 ratings
- 886
- Episodes
- 52
- Transcribed
- 49
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 1B
- YouTube views
About Cross Question with Iain Dale
Iain Dale is joined by a panel of senior politicians and commentators to answer listener questions on the biggest stories of the week. Debate, in-depth discussion and laughs all guaranteed!
- Publisher
- LBC
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Sept 2018
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
52 of 886 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sir Gavin Williamson, Dorothy Byrne, Angela Epstein & Mike Reader
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Emily Hewertson, Bobby Dean, Nadine Batchelor-Hunt & Tim Loughton
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
JJ Anisiobi, Zoë Grünewald, Dame Harriett Baldwin & Alex McIntyre
Inside a recent episode
Sir Gavin Williamson, Dorothy Byrne, Angela Epstein & Mike Reader
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Fine words, Dorothy Burnham, but they don't amount to policy, do they? They don't amount to policy. And as I say, unless they are prepared to deal with the welfare issue and the huge sum of money that it's costing us, We're not going to solve this problem. I looked up a figure today that I actually found almost unbelievable. I checked it. That the cost, the cumulative cost of a million young people... being not in education employment or training is 125 billion pounds well let's be frank we can't afford that and that comes from the fact that of course it's not just that we're paying them benefits it's that they're not making any money they're not paying tax they're much more likely to be using the nhs A huge percentage of them will never work. […]
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- Sir Gavin Williamson
- Dorothy Byrne
- Angela Epstein
- Mike Reader
- Emily Hewertson
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- YouTube views
- 1,081,343,195
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 42 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
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- Quality
- 88
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts Cross Question with Iain Dale?
Iain Dale host the show. Published by LBC.
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