Starmer’s welfare woes

Sir Keir Starmer faced significant dissent from Labour MPs over proposed changes to disability benefits, highlighting challenges to his leadership amidst a recent government welfare reform concession. The episode features insights from Miranda Green, Stephen Bush, and Jim Pickard, along with commentary from Gideon Rachman on Starmer’s performance at the NATO summit and global uncertainties affecting the UK.

Explain It To Me Like I’m 5:

Sir Keir Starmer had a lot of his party members upset this week because they didn’t like his ideas about changing disability benefits, and now everyone is talking about what this means for him and the Labour Party.

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