Keir Starmer's Reset

After a bumpy first few months in power Keir Starmer is giving a
speech to outline his milestones for the next five years, so in
this episode Amol and Nick are joined by the former Labour MP
Jonathan Ashworth to discuss the prime minister’s approach to
politics and whether the speech should be seen as a reset moment
for his government.


Since winning the election in July, Keir Starmer chief of staff
Sue Gray and transport secretary Louise Haigh have both resigned.
He’s also faced a backlash over the decision to scrap the winter
fuel payment for millions of pensioners, there was a row over
senior Labour figures receiving freebies and Rachel Reeves’ first
budget got a frosty reception from some business leaders. But
Jonathan Ashworth, who now runs the think tank Labour Together,
insists the speech is not a reset for the government and is
instead a moment for Keir Starmer to explain to the country how
he will achieve his five missions.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson who
are both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Amol was
the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of
the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University
Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he
was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also
previously worked as ITV’s political editor.


This episode was made by Lewis Vickers with Nadia Gyane and Joe
Wilkinson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The editor is
Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.