Schools re-opening, lessons from Leicester’s lockdown plus Deborah Meaden on coronavirus and business

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

Government, Politics, News

4.2 • 177 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Schools re-opening, lessons from Leicester’s lockdown plus special guest Deborah Meaden on coronavirus and business

The education secretary has announced schools will fully reopen in September; we have everything you need to know about how pupils will return to class rooms.

Robert Peston gives insight into the localised lockdown in Leicester and the team examine what can be learned from the city's spike in Covid-19.

Special guest this week is Dragon's Den star Deborah Meaden, who explains what needs to be done to allow businesses to bounce back after this crisis.

Remember to like, subscribe and rate us five stars

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the latest offering of the ITV News Politics podcast Calling Peston, I'm Daniel Hewitt.
0:08.6	A jam-packed week of big political developments. Schools in England will fully reopen in September.
0:13.9	Parents who don't send their children back will face fines without a valid reason.
0:18.1	The city of Leicester was placed back into lockdown after a spike in coronavirus cases.
0:22.6	The Prime Minister went to Dudley to unveil his new deal and his new slogan to boost the British economy.
0:28.6	Build, build, build. But right now jobs are being cut, cut, cut, left, right and centre,
0:33.6	as businesses begin to feel the full force of the coronavirus crisis. For more on that,
0:38.5	stick around for our big guest interview this week. Dragons Den, star and business extraordinaire
0:43.0	Deborah Meadon will be joining us on the podcast. But for now, you'd have to put up with just me
0:47.3	and my trusty sidekick ITV political reporter Shehap Khan. Hello. And in a few minutes,
0:53.7	we'll be getting the analysis of our political
0:55.8	editor. Of course, Mr Robert Peston, you won't want to miss that. First, Sheehab, you weren't here
1:02.1	last week. Just apologise to the listeners, please. Sorry for everyone who missed me. So that's just my
1:07.6	dad, probably. Explain where you were and why you weren't here because uh i for
1:12.7	one was furious yeah no as you should be no so for those who were listening to the podcast episode
1:18.9	just before the one that i missed i was mid moving house and sorting out loads of issues with the hot water
1:24.7	so i had to take another day off to sort out the heating and a range of
1:29.8	other issues. But I'm now all moved in or settled in and everything is up and running, which is
1:33.4	good. Is everything fine? Before we carry on with this, with insightful political analysis,
1:40.7	is your water situation now sorted? Because that's what the viewers, the listeners want to know.
1:45.3	Yeah, no, the water situation is sorted.
1:47.1	The heating situation is sorted.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -1734 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ITV News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ITV News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.