Starmer's fresh start?

Wake Up To Money

BBC

Business

4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

As Keir Starmer hopes to reinvigorate his party and the economy with the King's Speech, Sean Farrington speaks to a Labour peer about what it might do for his prospects. Over in China, President Trump and an army of business leaders hope for successful talks with President Xi. Plus, we speak to the British start-up that's launching an innovative new cancer treatment into space.

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0:35.9	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. Hello, welcome. It. Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:39.1	Hello, welcome. It is Wake Up to Money.
0:41.9	We've got the King's speech later today, laying out the government's plans for the year ahead.
0:47.9	How does that work with so many questions about the Prime Minister?
0:51.2	He just isn't cutting through. He's not cutting through on the doorstep.
0:54.2	It is no time to go.
0:55.7	We'll get into what the priorities of Kyr Starma are right now,
0:59.7	how the political turbulence might impact what happens to all those priorities as well.
1:05.4	Elsewhere amidst all the trade wars and tariff battles,
1:08.6	President Trump, he's on his way to Beijing.
1:12.4	High State talks there with President Xi Jinping. And this one absolutely fascinating. We're going to hear about the
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