Don't Panic! Why does Labour think it needs a relaunch?
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🗓️ 4 December 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Keir Starmer is making a 'plan for change' speech tomorrow. Just don't call it a relaunch. Why does the government think it's necessary? What will it hope to do? And is this about changing policy or messaging, as Reform threaten to transform UK politics with foreign money?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.5 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.3 | Tomorrow, Kiyosthama is going to make a speech. |
| 0:16.4 | I know, big deal I hear you say, he makes a speech every bloody day. |
| 0:20.6 | Well, no, not like this one. |
| 0:22.8 | This is a big speech. It's even being called a reset, a relaunch. The Tories aren't impressed. |
| 0:30.2 | Mr Speaker, the fact is the Prime Minister has discarded his own Labour leadership promises. |
| 0:35.4 | He's dropped the five missions he said would define his government. |
| 0:38.0 | He's ditched his pledge to make Britain the fastest growing economy in the G7. We left office with |
| 0:44.6 | UK the fastest growing economy in the G7. And business is saying he has damaged the economy |
| 0:50.8 | with his budget. Tomorrow he's going to have an emergency reset, Mr Speaker, |
| 0:56.6 | just five months into his premiership. |
| 0:58.6 | But why should anyone believe a word he says? |
| 1:02.3 | So why on earth does the government feel it needs a relaunch |
| 1:06.1 | after just five months in power? |
| 1:09.1 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:13.2 | The Newsagents. The Newsagents. It's John. It's Emily. It's Lewis. And our tickets have now gone on sale |
| 1:19.1 | for three more performances in the new year. We're going to go to Birmingham on the 17th of February. |
| 1:25.0 | We are going to be in Manchester on the 24th of February. |
| 1:29.4 | And on the 11th of March, we will be at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. |
| 1:34.0 | Come along. |
| 1:34.6 | We'd love to see you. |
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