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The News Agents

Is Labour ready to reopen the Brexit debate?

The News Agents

Global

Government, Daily News, News, Politics

4.15.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is an exclusive interview with David Lammy - Justice Secretary, Deputy Prime Minister and former Foreign Secretary.

Is he prepared to ignore the internal Labour criticism of his jury plans? Does he admit the budget was a fiasco? And what is going on with Labour and Brexit right now. Are we about to see a change of plan?

The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/

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0:00.0

The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

0:09.4

This is a global player original podcast.

0:12.8

Mr Speaker, does the Prime Minister believe that when an organisation descends into total shambles,

0:19.3

the person at the top should resign.

0:22.3

That is Kemi Badernock, talking about the Treasury and the person at the top being the

0:27.2

Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, on whether she should resign.

0:31.4

She's been accused of misleading the public, politicians, and even one or two of her own cabinet ministers have said they

0:41.2

were misled. But today we hear from one, the Justice Secretary, David Lammy, with a very

0:48.5

clear message to those cabinet colleagues. Stop it. It doesn't help the business of getting on with governing.

0:56.2

Feeling cozy with journalists and having a drink and bitching about colleagues is not

1:01.5

conducive to getting on with the business and serving the people of this country.

1:05.8

So I can't stand it. I don't do it myself and it's deeply counterproductive.

1:11.7

In an exclusive interview today, David Lammy talks to us about his plans for jury trial,

1:17.1

about the state of his party, the state of the government, and what's gone wrong. Welcome to the

1:22.7

newsagents. The news Agents.

1:29.2

It's John. It's Emily.

1:30.6

And today the news agents decamped to the offices of the Justice Secretary,

1:35.6

overlooking St James's Park, all rather spectacular,

1:39.0

to sit down and talk to him not just about his plans for reforming the justice system,

1:43.8

but also going much wider than that.

1:46.0

Yeah, David Lammy's woken up this morning to find himself accused of making a massive mistake,

1:50.9

not just by the opposition, but by Labour MPs and by peers, after announcing those radical

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