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Politics Unpacked

Labour's 'Reforming Right'

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Keir Starmer's reshuffle has given key jobs to people seen as being from the "reforming right" of the party - is the government tilting towards a tougher, Blairite agenda? Or is it just lumbering from one set of priorities to another?


Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Seb Payne and Charlotte Ivers.



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0:00.0

Sorry to interrupt your day, but I've just been diagnosed with dementia, and I'm going to need your help.

0:07.1

I'll need help when I can no longer button a shirt or recognise my own family.

0:12.6

My daughter will need help too. I worry this could ruin her life.

0:17.8

And we will all need help to find a cure to end the devastation of dementia.

0:23.1

I can't do this alone.

0:25.9

It will take a society to beat dementia, Alzheimer's Society.

0:32.3

This episode of Politics Unpacked is sponsored by the Moving the Grid Forward campaign.

0:37.3

We're using more

0:37.8

electricity all the time, we're increasingly using it to power our cars, heat our homes,

0:42.0

and that's before you've even thought about charging the whole family's devices, so much

0:46.3

so that demand is set to double by 2050. Much of the demand will be met from homegrown sources,

0:51.9

like offshore wind, but Britain can't harness all that energy without a grid ready to meet our changing needs.

0:58.0

That means growing the network of pylons, underground cables and substations.

1:02.0

They get energy moving right across the country, creating jobs and increasing energy security in the process.

1:07.0

Their message is moving the grid forward moves us all forward. To find out more,

1:11.9

visit moving the grid forward.co.uk.com. U.K. Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkind, and now we're

1:22.6

going to be unpacking the politics of the day, from the New Look Blair-Ik-Right cabinet going for

1:26.1

growth to the runners and

1:27.6

riders of Labor's deputy leadership contest, while also sparing a thought for Andrea Jenkins,

1:32.1

who seems to have trouble sleeping at night. And with me to unpack all of that, let's hope

1:36.2

they're well rested. They are Charlotte Ivers. Hello, Charlotte. Hello, Hugo. Good morning. Thanks

1:41.3

to being with us. And Seb Payne. Hello, Seb. Hello, Hugo. Now, look, there is

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