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07/09/2025

Ben Wright discusses the Cabinet reshuffle and Reform UK's buoyant conference with Labour peer Thangam Debbonaire, Conservative Tina Stowell and Professor of Politics, Tim Bale.

Ben Wright is joined by Labour peer and former Shadow Cabinet minister Thangam Debbonaire; Conservative Baroness Tina Stowell; and Professor of Politics and political historian, Tim Bale. They discuss the looming contest for a new Labour deputy leader following the resignation of Angela Rayner, and digest the implications of the Cabinet reshuffle. Ben reports from the Reform UK conference, hearing directly from Nigel Farage and other elected representatives, about their confidence that the party will form the next government. Rowena Mason - Whitehall editor of The Guardian - brings additional expert insight and analysis.

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