Is Angela Rayner Labour's answer to Farage?
Are Labour u-turns damaging Keir Starmer ?
The Story · The Times
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Show Notes
With Labour MPs increasingly in revolt across a range of policies, the prime minister last week made a surprise u-turn on the winter fuel allowance. A day later, a private memo written by Angela Rayner to Rachel Reeves, which argued for a slew of tax rises, rather than spending cuts, found its way to the press. The deputy prime minister denied leaking, but her alternative programme for a Labour Government is gaining traction - not only as a way to move on from Starmerism, but as the potential antidote to Farage.
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Guest: Patrick Maguire, Chief Political Commentator, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producer: Shabnam Grewal
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