Is Labour working?

This week marks 100 days of Keir Starmer’s government. But the
new Prime Minister has already faced several setbacks, with
stories swirling of freebies, party infighting, and anger at the
scrapping of the winter fuel payments scheme.


Nick and Amol sit down with Thangam Debbonaire, the former Labour
MP and Shadow Culture Secretary, who lost her seat in the 2024
election. Is the negative media coverage of the new government
unfair? Does Starmer have a ‘politics problem’? And what is it
like to watch the drama unfold from the outside?


Plus, more from behind the scenes of Radio 4! Weather presenter
and meteorologist Simon King is here to share the secrets of the
Shipping Forecast.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, 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 was the BBC’s political editor for ten years
before and was also ITV’s political editor.


The senior producer is Lewis Vickers, the producer is Hatty Nash,
research and digital production from Joe Wilkinson. The editor is
Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.
Technical production from Jeremy Morgan.