Inside Keir Starmer's Plan to Fight Leadership Challenge
November 12, 2025
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as posted by the channelThe State of It team reveal how the prime minister intends to fight a leadership challenge that he now sees as inevitable. Meanwhile, Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap to appease some Labour MPs, even though there are no votes in it. And why are phrases like 'carpet bombing' and 'harassment' being applied to Steve's reporting style?
Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times
Caroline Wheeler, political editor, The Sunday Times
Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times
Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall editor, The Sunday Times
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Executive producer: Molly Guinness
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