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Jason Mohammad takes your calls on defence spending, Royal Mail, and 15 years of Larry the cat

Should we spend more on defence? Does the Royal Mail deliver for you? How long have you spent in a job... Can you beat Larry The Downing Street Cat? Call or WhatsApp 03700 100 110.

Jason Mohammad with Monday's Phone In.

The prime minister is considering making a significant increase in defence spending, the BBC has learned. Downing Street is mulling over the idea of meeting an existing spending target earlier than planned at a potential cost of billions of pounds. Sir Keir Starmer told world leaders at Munich Security Conference that "to meet the wider threat, it's clear that we are going to have to spend more, faster." Do you agree? Should we spend more on defence?

More than a dozen Royal Mail postal staff from different delivery offices over the UK claim rounds are being missed daily, and parcels are being prioritised over letters. Postal workers told the BBC some letters sit in postal depots for weeks. Royal Mail said that they “want to reassure customers that the vast majority of mail is delivered as planned and understand how frustrating it is when post does not arrive as expected." Does the Royal Mail deliver for you?

Larry, possibly Britain's most famous cat, is celebrating 15 years prowling the corridors of 10 Downing Street as the nation’s official rodent catcher! He has seen six prime ministers over his career. But, how long have you spent in a job? Can you beat Larry the Cat?

Call or WhatsApp 03700 100 110 or Text 8 10 12. Be part of the nations' conversation

2 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • The Beautiful South

    Don't Marry Her

    • (CD Single).
    • Go! Discs.
  • Robbie Williams

    All My Life

    • Britpop.
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
  • The Undertones

    My Perfect Cousin

    • The Undertones - Teenage Kicks.
    • Castle.
  • Billy Joel

    Piano Man

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Columbia.
  • The Rogues

    New York

  • The Pointer Sisters

    I'm So Excited

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 020.
  • Olivia Dean

    So Easy (To Fall In Love)

    • The Art Of Loving.
    • Capitol.
  • T. Rex

    20th Century Boy

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 009.
  • Kylie Minogue

    All The Lovers

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Hot Chocolate

    It Started With A Kiss

    • Hot Chocolate - Their Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.
  • Wham!

    Freedom

    • Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
    • Epic.
  • Spice Girls

    Who Do You Think You Are

    • Now 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Feeder

    Feeling The Moment

    • Echo.
  • BTS

    Dynamite

    • (CD Single).
    • BigHit Entertainment.
  • Barry White

    Just The Way You Are

    • (Single).
    • Twentieth Century Fox.
  • Roxette

    Listen To Your Heart

    • Missing You (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Feb 202611:59