Starmer’s three big woes revealed

15 Jan 2026 · 23 min

Episode Starmer’s three big woes revealed

0:00 23:25

Is the theme of anger and unhappiness dominating British politics and what, if anything, is the Prime Minister doing to quell the mood amongst his party and the public?

Sam has details of misery and irritation within the Labour ranks over plans to overhaul parts of the jury system to cut the courts backlog – but is another u-turn or rebellion on the horizon?

Elsewhere, will the assisted dying bill make it over the line before the Kings speech in May?

Is a former British Prime Minister about to be handed a senior role to oversee the governance of Gaza?

And, we get reaction from the shadow chancellor to the state of the UK's economy.

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