One Year of Labour: What’s Next?

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BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today, Laura and Paddy look ahead and discuss what's next for the government after a tumultuous first year in power.

Can we expect Keir Starmer to make changes to policy, politics and personnel? or will the Prime Minister dig in and defy the critics, some of whom are already predicting his resignation before the next election. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere

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New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Rufus Gray and Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:05.0	Paddy, many words have been written, many words have been said, even more words have been repeated
0:09.5	about the last 12 months of Labour government.
0:11.9	Because guess what, it's the anniversary in case you've been living under a rock.
0:15.4	But there are plenty of newscasts about everything that's happened so far.
0:18.2	So today we're doing something else.
0:19.6	Yes, we're going to cast forward. We mustn't talk about the past at all.
0:22.6	It's not allowed. Can I ask one question about the past?
0:25.3	Yes. Do you remember where you were 12 months ago when they went into government?
0:30.9	Yes, in Downing Street on the telly.
0:32.7	Okay. It's easy for you to remember.
0:34.3	It's easy for me to remember. Were you asleep? I think I was. I have absolutely no memory at all of where I was.
0:40.3	I know it was very important.
0:41.3	It was a big day, but I can't remember.
0:43.3	So there we are.
0:44.3	That's why we won't be going back because you know all the answers and I can't remember.
0:48.3	Here we go with Saturday's newscast.
0:50.3	Newscast from the BBC. He has just compared me to the fat controller.
0:56.0	Did I say that?
0:57.0	I can't believe I said that.
0:59.0	Next Wednesday?
1:00.0	This is R for the benefit of Earth.
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