{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/92a301e1-443b-435f-b4e2-2e2dd1e37fc5/65c625dde3e4b70015a5d403?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Do We Expect Too Much Of Our MPs?","description":"<p>With constituents asking their MP to deal with everything from arguments about hedges to parking tickets, are politicians are struggling to focus on the other part of their job - passing better laws? Matt speaks to Charles Walker and a range of other MPs about the rising levels of casework.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus: Columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss <a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/joe-biden-classified-documents-case-bad-memory-qmfwbndh5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden's memory issues</a>, <a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-bad-blood-behind-starmers-28bn-u-turn-lcjpppzw8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Labour's climate U-turn</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kemi-badenoch-interview-brexit-mp-views-rishi-sunak-wlczw6vrv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kemi Badenoch's 'star power'</a>.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Times Radio"}