Starmer to defend Reeves, ending HIV stigma, Pillion takes best film
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Sir Keir Starmer will jump to the defence of his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in a speech later today after she was accused of lying about the economy.
British special forces appeared to commit war crimes in Afghanistan, an inquiry has heard.
Can the Government end HIV transmission by 2030 after pledging a £170 million action plan?
And Pillion wins big at the British Independent Film awards.
Sophy and Wilf get you up to speed on all the day's news, in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:28.7 | Bob, Bob! |
| 0:30.6 | Hello, you're listening to Cheechy, the podcast that gets you up to speed with what you need to know without the doom scrolling. |
| 0:36.5 | I am Sophie Rich. |
| 0:37.7 | And I'm Wilfrid Frost. It's Monday the 1st of December and here's what's happening today. |
| 0:42.5 | Rachel Reeves has denied lying about the state of the economy. |
| 0:46.3 | Kirstarmes due to defend her later today. |
| 0:48.9 | European Defence ministers are meeting to discuss military support for Ukraine after crunch peace talks again over the weekend. |
| 0:56.8 | The government's launched an action plan to end the transmission of HIV in England by 2030. |
| 1:02.5 | And who are the winners of the British Independent Film Awards? We'll get into that. |
| 1:08.1 | So fallout and debate following last week's budget continues. |
| 1:13.4 | Today the prime minister is going to give a speech. |
| 1:15.9 | He's going to defend the budget. |
| 1:17.7 | We expect to defend his chancellor as well. |
| 1:21.4 | And it comes, Sophie, not just as people are questioning the measures in the budget, |
| 1:26.0 | but people are questioning very, |
| 1:27.9 | very loud and clear of all parts of the political, we should say, not just opposition. |
| 1:34.2 | You're starting to get reports from Labor MPs and even cabinet ministers who are wondering |
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