The Big Risks for Labour Part 1 – Thames Water goes bust, councils collapse, public pay crisis

The Bunker

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🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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A new Labour government could be thrown into chaos by any one of six potential crises, each identified in a dossier of dire warnings prepared by Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray. What’s in this critical document, which was quickly nicknamed “Sue’s shit list”? Today journalist Jonn Elledge takes Andrew Harrison through three of them: the possible £15bn bankruptcy of Thames Water, the looming collapse of one or more local authorities, and public pay running out of control. In Part 2 tomorrow, Ros Taylor explains what happens to Labour if the prisons crisis boils over, the NHS hits a funding shortfall, or universities start going bust. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Art by James Parrett. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.2	I'm Andrew Harrison.
1:14.6	Just 24 hours before Ritchie's here and I called the election,
1:17.6	the Financial Times reported that Labor Chief of Staff Sue Gray
1:21.5	had prepared a dossier of dire warnings for any incoming Labour government.
1:26.4	Quickly tagged as Sue's shit list, the Risk Register detailed six key crises that could
1:32.0	erupt in Starbers first year and derail the new
1:33.9	government's program. Among these looming potential disasters are the
1:37.6	possibility of one or more local authorities collapsing, a university going
1:41.4	bust and overcrowding in prisons reaching crisis points all
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