The Chancellor has presented her first highly-anticipated Spring Statement to parliament. More extensive changes were made than expected, after Rachel Reeves' plans were blown off course by lower growth and higher government borrowing costs. Helena Wadia speaks to the London Standard’s Chief Political Correspondent, Rachael Burford, about defence spending, welfare cuts, and Sabrina Carpenter tickets. In part two, H&M have announced they are creating AI model ‘twins’ - digital replicas of models to use for marketing campaigns. This comes despite acknowledging they don’t know the full impact of their approach. We sit down with London model, artist and writer Julia Campbell-Gillies to discuss the potential consequences on the wider fashion photography industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News broke late on Tuesday night that Prince Harry has stepped down from his role as co-founding patron of Sentebale, the charity he set up in memory of his mother. To find out more, we're joined by The London Standard's culture and lifestyle writer India Block. In part two, we join Emma Flynn who is currently starring as Cher Horowitz in the new West End musical, Clueless. We ask her what it's like to play such an iconic role, whether she's met Alicia Silverstone, what Cher would be like in 2025's society, plus much more.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The row over the Chancellor Rachel Reeves receiving tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert at London’s o2 Arena has grown on Tuesday, with Greenwich and Woolwich MP Matthew Pennycook saying that he had never taken a free ticket for the flagship music venue in east London.  Speaking to LBC Matthew said he personally did not believe it was “appropriate” to accept them. But what is the ministerial code, and have any rules been broken? We’re joined by The London Standard’s chief political correspondent Rachael Burford. In part two we head over to The Museum of Brands for this week’s London’s Hidden Gems and speak to Museum Director Paul Botje and Museum Curator Alice Kain. The full Hidden Gems video was produced by The London Standard’s deputy head of video, Albert Evans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.