# Is Labour being outflanked on the left by Nigel Farage? – Politics Weekly UK

An episode of [Politics Weekly UK](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697472), 29 May 2025, 29 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/05/28-59253-Is_Labour_being_outflanked_on_the_left_by_Nigel_Farage_.mp3

Nigel Farage seems to have upstaged the Labour government, pledging to scrap the controversial two-child benefit cap and reverse the cuts to the winter fuel allowance. So why hasn’t the government – after almost a year in power – done more to end child poverty? Gaby Hinsliff, in for John Harris, speaks to the Labour MP Stella Creasy and columnist Polly Toynbee. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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