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Will the US-Israeli action in Iran really provoke regime change? 🇮🇷

Earlier this year Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee Dame Emily Thornberry warned Robert that even if the Iranian regime were decapitated, it has deep roots

Join us for the latest on Wednesday

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Should British assets be used to support Donald Trump striking in Iran? 🤔

Last year former National Security Advisor Lord Ricketts warned against it, telling Robert history shows we must be “very careful” before getting pulled into a war

Is it different this time?

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Photo of Robert Peston with the text: “This government does not believe in regime change from the skies.” So said the PM to the “father of the House of Commons”, the Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh, about why UK jets are not bombing Iran. This was the prime minister declaring independence from the US President Donald Trump. It was a big moment.

Has Keir Starmer just made a declaration of independence from President Trump? 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Robert thinks so

Read his full blog on the UK’s Iran stance here: itv.com/news/2026-03...

And watch #Peston on Wednesday at 9pm on X and YouTube or at 10.45pm on ITV1 as we discuss the latest 📺

Can Keir Starmer recover from Labour’s catastrophic Gorton and Denton by-election result? 🌹

Here's @Peston's take 👇

Watch #Peston on Wednesday at 9pm on YouTube and X or 10.45pm on ITV1 for more analysis 📺

Read Robert's blog here: www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

The END of two-party politics? | STUDENT LOANS u-turn incoming? ITV #Peston LIVE YouTube video by Peston

We are 🅻🅸🆅🅴 on YouTube👇

Tonight Robert Peston and Pippa Crerar will be joined by:

🌹@lucympowell.bsky.social
➡️Robert Jenrick
📊@chriscurtis94.bsky.social
🔵Former Scottish Conservative Leader, Ruth Davidson

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Will the government have to u-turn on student loans? ↩️

Kemi Badenoch just asked Keir Starmer at #PMQs

What did you make of it? #ThreeWordReviews please! 👇

We're back tonight to discuss this and more
🔴 9PM LIVE X & YouTube
📺 1045PM ITV1

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Should the government reform student loan repayments? 🎓

+ Are the Conservatives wrong to focus on voters lost to Reform? ➡️

Labour MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social & Former Scottish Conservative Leader Ruth Davidson will discuss on the show tonight

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How would a Reform Chancellor run the economy? 💷

+ Is keeping the pension triple lock unfair on young people? 🔒

Reform’s economic spokesperson Robert Jenrick speaks to
Peston tonight

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Who will win the Gorton and Denton by-election? 🗳️

+ Will Labour backbenchers support the government’s special education reforms? 📚

Deputy Leader of the Labour Party @lucympowell.bsky.social will tell us tonight

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With President Trump imposing new tariffs is the UK too small to ‘go it alone’ in response? 🇬🇧

On ‘Liberation Day’ in April, Economist Mariana Mazzucato warned that Trump was too unreliable to depend on his preferential treatment

Is she right? 🤔

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Will Starmer stay or could another contender slide into leadership? 🥌

Inspired by the Winter Olympics our guests took a shot at predicting who will lead Labour into the next election 🔮

Will anyone get a gold medal for their predictions? 🥇

Let us know yours ✍️

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“We don’t know how to keep control of these things when they’re smarter than us”🤖

In April, ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton warned that we needed to do much more to regulate artificial intelligence

Watch the FULL INTERVIEW on YouTube 🔗 youtu.be/XznmHde7e7Y

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Reform UK’s new ‘Shadow Chancellor’ Robert Jenrick has signalled support for the pension triple lock 🔒

Back at the Budget, Richard Tice told Robert that “we can’t guarantee” it 🤔

Where do you stand on the future of the triple lock?

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Nigel Farage has announced Robert Jenrick as his Shadow Chancellor with Richard Tice as prospective Deputy PM ➡️

So no need for a low alcohol wine on Budget Day quite yet! 🍷

Was it the right choice?

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🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨

#ITVYouthTracker leader favourability among 16-25 year olds 🗳️

Net Favourability:
🟢Polanski: 1%
🔶Davey: -4%
🌳Badenoch: -10%
➡️Farage: -26%
🌹Starmer: -29%

Savanta for ITV Youth Tracker, Sample Size: 1,040 UK based 16-25 year-olds, Fieldwork 4-9 February 2026.

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Sir Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Man Utd, has apologised if his language describing the U.K. as ‘colonised by immigrants’ offended people

Watch to see what Zack Polanski, Sir David Davis MP and Polly Billington MP made of his comments 👇

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Should social media be banned for Under-16s? 📵

Last night, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy MP reacted to findings from the #ITVYouthTracker on social media, graphic violence and deep-fakes online

Watch on YouTube now 🔗: youtu.be/6dYMsBeKWmE

Has Keir Starmer shored up his position as PM?

Here’s Robert’s take on whether Starmer was right not to resign?👇

Catch up on ITVX or YouTube 📺🔗: linktr.ee/itvpeston

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Is Keir Starmer here to stay? | #ITVYouthTracker | ITV Peston YouTube video by Peston

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Tonight Robert Peston and Pippa Crerar will be joined by:

🎭 Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP
📊 Sir John Curtice
🌹 Polly Billington MP
🔵 Conservative, Sir David Davis MP
🟢 Green Party Leader, Zack Polanski

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Robert Peston: "How proud are you to be in a Cabinet that gave the second most important job to a man who was an enabler to one of the worst pedophiles in history?"

Lisa Nandy: "Absolutely not proud at all."

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on Peter Mandelson’s appointment.

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Bar chart. Text reads: Green Light? Youth Voting Intention GRN: 34% LAB: 28% REF: 18% CON: 10% LD: 8% OTHER: 3% Source: Savanta for ITV Youth Tracker, Sample Size: 1,040 UK based 16-25 year-olds, Fieldwork 4-9 February 2026

🚨 NEW 🚨

#ITVYouthTracker headline voting intention for 16-25 year olds🗳️

🟢GRN: 34%
🌹LAB: 28%
➡️REF: 18%
🌳CON: 10%
🔸LD: 8%
🗳️OTHER: 3%

Source: Savanta for ITV Youth Tracker, Sample Size: 1,040 UK based 16-25 year-olds, Fieldwork 4-9 February 2026

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Is Downing Street a ‘boy’s club’?🚪

+ How do you depose a Prime Minister? 🚚

Labour MP Polly Billington and Conservative Sir David DavisMP
will discuss on the show tonight

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At #PMQs, Keir Starmer said Lord Doyle “did not give a full account of his actions” in campaigning on behalf of a man charged with child sex offences

Kemi Badenoch accused the PM of “always putting the Downing Street boys club first”

What did you make of it? Share your #ThreeWordReviews👇

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Can Keir Starmer reset his government? 🔄

+ Will the UK ban social media for under 16s? 📵

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy will tell us tonight

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Will Anas Sarwar’s political gamble pay off in Scotland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

+ Can Keir Starmer hold on past the by-election? 📉

Polling Expert Professor Sir John Curtice will appear on the show tonight

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Photo of Green Party Leader Zack Polanski on ITV's Peston

Would splitting the left-wing vote with Labour be a gift to Reform? 🌹

+ Does our exclusive #ITVYouthTracker suggest young people are still going Green? 💚

Green Party Leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social will discuss on the show tonight

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Robert and Pippa have a clear mandate, to deliver a programme that tries to make sense of a chaotic time in politics

We must not be distracted from that mission, which continues tonight 👇

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Quote graphic text reads: Starmer’s payroll colleagues may well be right that most British people don’t want a new PM... But Sarwar would say that desperate times require desperate measures. The only people laughing are the leaders of every other party.

The Scottish Labour Leader says Keir Starmer should resign as PM. The Cabinet say he should not.

But what do you think? 🤔

Read Robert’s full blog here and let us know what you think in the comments below👇

🔗: itv.com/news/2026-02...

We’ll be back with the all the latest on Wednesday

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📄 Why are the Epstein files hitting the UK so much harder than the US?

Following the downfall of Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Piers Morgan calls for heads to roll in America too 🇺🇸

WATCH the FULL INTERVIEW on YouTube 🔗 youtu.be/XkH_xZmUXl4?si…

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