SHOCKING: Anushka asthana - What They Never Told You

After a year studying Starmer, I can tell you that he is at once a very kind man and a ruthless one

Those around the Labour leader operate with the knowledge that everyone is expendable and no one is safe, says journalist and author Anushka Asthana

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2025

ITV favorite Anushka Asthana quits after 8 years and fans are gutted

Charlene White has shared a heartfelt farewell to her friend and colleague Anushka Asthana, who is stepping down from her role as ITV News deputy political editor.

The Fashion Central · Apr 17, 2025

Liz Kendall refuses to retract claim too many on benefits are ‘taking the mickey’

In an interview with Anushka Asthana, Department for Work and Pensions secretary Liz Kendall refused to retract a comment she made in February claiming too many people on benefits in the UK were ‘taking the mickey.’

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025

The week in TV: One Day; Piers Morgan: Uncensored; Rishi Sunak: Up Close; Curb Your Enthusiasm; G’Wed – review

Love blossoms, frays and draws you into an adaptation of David Nicholls’s bittersweet bestseller; Piers Morgan brings out the worst in Rishi Sunak; a cheeky new Liverpool school comedy ignites the screen; and is this finally Larry David’s last hurrah?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024

Rishi Sunak: Up Close on ITV review: what do we learn about the Prime Minister? Not a right lot

We’ve rarely seen Sunak this relaxed, but this respectful doc is far from revelatory

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2024

Rishi Sunak: Up Close review – you can almost see the shame on his face

This interview with the prime minister might be infuriatingly light-touch, but it still manages to make him squirm. At one point it threatens to become Saltburn with spreadsheets

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024

Rishi Sunak says his parents wanted him to speak without an accent to ‘fit in’

PM says he experienced racism as a child and that his parents sent him for extra drama lessons so that he could ‘speak properly’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2024

Keir Starmer: Up Close review – the Labour leader desperately tries to prove he’s sexy

Over three months with Anushka Asthana, Starmer attempts to make the general public love him and let him move into Downing Street. There’s only one hitch …

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

TV tonight: is the world on the verge of a nuclear apocalypse?

A jaw-dropping look at how close the Doomsday Clock is to midnight. Plus: spend three months with Keir Starmer. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

I talked to Keir Starmer for three months: this is what I learned

ITV’s deputy political editor had exclusive access to the Labour leader for a TV profile to be aired this week. Is he fit to be Britain’s next PM?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2024