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Politics Unpacked

Does Starmer Have A Union Problem?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The Labour Party was born from the trade union movement, but is Keir Starmer's government on a collision course with the unions over public sector pay? Ed Vaizey speaks to shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake and the FBU's Matt Wrack.


Plus: Columnists Manveen Rana and Timandra Harkness discuss whether ministers should ban smoking in pub gardens, the arrest of the boss of Telegram, and fossil fuel companies sponsoring the arts.






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0:00.0

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0:02.0

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0:17.0

Mula Light, get the good going.

0:19.0

BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind,

0:26.2

and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain.

0:33.8

Well today we're mostly in oil and gas.

0:36.2

We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon

0:40.4

and other transition businesses from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in 2023

0:46.8

VP.com slash and not all Hello and welcome to the politics without the boring bits

0:58.9

podcast with me Ed Vasey the government has caved into its union paymasters after settling some long-running industrial disputes.

1:06.0

At least that's what the Tories argue.

1:08.0

But do the public agree with them?

1:10.0

We'll be looking at the polling and asking if there's trouble ahead for ministers.

1:13.6

First though, this.

1:17.6

The columnist.

1:21.2

Now let's introduce our columnist,

1:22.5

Commander Hartnest, fit as a fiddle after walking up the stairs.

1:25.3

It must have taken what, 10 minutes?

1:27.0

No, actually, it was surprisingly quick.

1:29.6

I mean, I guess the floors are not that high in this building. You know some buildings you go and I think I've walked up one story now and in fact you haven't because it's like four normal flights of stairs because the floors are so big.

1:40.0

And Man Vit Rana who sensibly has not come into the studio.

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