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Working to make government more effective

Wes Streeting leaves No.10 after a meeting with the prime minister.
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Starmer, Streeting and the fight for No.10

Claire Ainsley – a former adviser to Starmer in opposition – joins the podcast team to discuss whether the PM can reassert his authority.

With Keir Starmer's premiership on the rocks, Claire Ainsley – a former adviser to Starmer in opposition – joins the podcast team to make sense of an explosive week in Westminster.

Can the PM reassert his authority? How could a leadership contest play out? And what have the bust-ups of the last few days revealed about the failings of Starmer’s premiership – and what can he, or someone else, learn from these mistakes?

Plus: On a day of pomp and pageantry, what stood out in the King’s Speech – and how much of it will actually make it onto the statute book?

What we talked about in this episode

People featured in this episode

Topic
Ministers Parliament and the constitution
Keywords
Leadership election Cabinet Accountability King's Speech / State opening of parliament Parliamentary procedure
Political party
Labour
Position
Prime minister
Administration
Starmer government
Department
Number 10
Legislature
House of Commons
Public figures
Keir Starmer Wes Streeting King Charles III
Publisher
Institute for Government

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