Sunak’s short honeymoon
Political Fix
Financial Times
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Rishi Sunak's authority with Tory MPs is waning and he is now facing policy battles on almost every front.
We analyse which fights the new prime minister can win and which aren’t worth engaging in, and whether the Conservative party is serious about the next election.
Plus, we look at the Tory and Labour wooing of business at this week’s CBI conference and if Sir Keir Starmer is doing enough on immigration to win enterprise over.
Presented by Sebastian Payne, with columnist and associate editor Stephen Bush, deputy opinion editor Miranda Green, chief political correspondent Jim Pickard and chief business correspondent Dan Thomas.
Produced by Anna Dedhar and Howie Shannon. The sound engineers are Breen Turner and Jan Sigsworth.
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| 1:02.6 | Welcome to Payne's Politics, your essential insider guide to Westminster |
| 1:07.0 | from the Financial Times, with me Sebastian Payne. |
| 1:10.7 | In this week's episode we'll be examining whether Sunak's honeymoon |
| 1:14.1 | is well and truly over with the Prime Minister under fire over immigration, |
| 1:18.5 | the economy, the union, planning reform and pretty much every other topic you can think of. |
| 1:24.2 | We'll be asking can this government actually do anything? |
| 1:28.0 | Our columnist and associate editor Stephen Bush will analyse |
| 1:31.2 | with deputy opinion editor Miranda Greene and later we'll be looking at the battle for |
| 1:36.3 | business between the two main parties at this year's CBI conference |
| 1:40.8 | with more and more businesses believing Labour is on course to return to power. |
| 1:44.7 | Is it a done deal with Keir Starmer and will they get what they want on the economy? |
| 1:49.3 | Chief political correspondent Jim Picard will discuss with our Chief Business |
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