Slowly easing the lockdown, rising costs and how Keir Starmer will lead Labour

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

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🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Boris Johnson will finally set his exit strategy this weekend, but any changes will be gradual and limited. Why is the prime minister reluctant to move quickly? We also discuss why the government is failing to continue to meet its 100,000 target for coronavirus tests, growing concerns from the Treasury about the cost of the shutdown and Keir Starmer’s interview with the FT about how he intends to make the Labour party electable again. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Jim Pickard and Laura Hughes. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Breen Turner.

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0:38.3	Welcome to FT Politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster
0:42.7	from the Financial Times. I'm Sebastian Payne.
0:45.9	In this week's episode we'll be delving into the imminent initial
0:49.5	easing of the UK's lockdown, how much is going to change next week
0:53.6	and why Boris Johnson is moving rather slowly.
0:56.8	We'll be looking at the government finally hitting the 100,000 tests a day for coronavirus
1:01.5	but why it's struggling to hit that target since last week.
1:05.2	We'll be looking at Rishi Sunez concerns about the huge cost of the economic bailouts
1:10.3	and concerns about the following scheme and how it's going to be wound down.
1:14.4	Plus the FT's first interview with the new Labour leader, Kier Starmer,
1:18.9	and what he hopes to achieve in opposing Boris Johnson and making the Labour Party
1:23.5	electable again. I'm delighted to be joined remotely by our
1:26.8	political editor George Parker, Chief Political Co-respondent Jim Picard,
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