Political Fix11 Okt 2024

100 days of Labour: Starmer’s stuttering start

As Labour reaches 100 days in government we take stock of how Sir Keir Starmer and his team have performed. Host Lucy Fisher is joined by Political Fix regulars Robert Shrimsley, Miranda Green and Jim Pickard to assess Labour’s stumbles – as well as its achievements – as the party gets to grips with power. The panel also examines what made it into Labour's flagship workers’ rights legislation – finally published this week. Plus, after the surprise elimination of moderate candidate James Cleverly from the Tory leadership race, how is the final stretch of the contest shaping up between rightwingers Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick?

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Keir Starmer looks to Morgan McSweeney to fix Labour teething troubles

UK ministers fire starting gun on landmark worker rights reform

Robert Jenrick vs Kemi Badenoch: meet the next Conservative leader

The battle of Labour’s three brains

This Tory leadership ballot suits nobody, only perhaps Keir Starmer

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Presented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Clare Williamson with Mischa Frankl-Duval. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Audio mix and original music by Breen Turner. Andrew Giorgiades and Rod Fitzgerald were the studio engineers.

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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