Labour suspensions and the Tory leadership race - Politics Weekly UK

Politics Weekly UK

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Keir Starmer has suspended seven of his MPs who rebelled against the whip to scrap the two-child benefit cap. So why won’t Labour scrap the controversial limit, and what does this first test of Starmer’s leadership tell us about the party’s financial position? The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by columnist Gaby Hinsliff and former Downing Street chief of staff and Conservative peer Gavin Barwell to discuss the issue. Plus, the Conservative leadership race begins. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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1:06.2	Search South Eastern careers to apply now. Labour have suspended seven of their own MPs after they voted against the government on the two-child benefit cap.
1:21.0	Everyone knows the evidence is overwhelming. The key driver of rising child
1:25.6	poverty is the two child benefit cap. There's an even bigger set of
1:30.5	questions swirling around this one about the dire state of the public
1:33.9	finances and how little the new government has to spend on anything.
1:37.3	We have a more severe crisis than we thought as we go through the books of the last 14 years. We must review, we must review
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