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Starmer's final days

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The Prime Minister has been hunkered down in his Chequers residence, trying to decide what to do: resign or fight. The pressure on him to step down has now reached fever pitch since Andy Burnham’s by-election win last week. But as ministers jostle for position in a potential new government, who is still telling him to fight on? And if he does give in, how much would actually change under a Prime Minister Burnham? 


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Guest: Aubrey Allegretti, chief political correspondent, The Times. 

Host: Luke Jones. 

Producers: Micaela Arneson, Harry Stott. 

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Read more: In public, Keir Starmer is defiant. In private, he ‘considers resigning’

Further listening: The State of It: Andy Burnham wins Makerfield: what happens now?

Clips: BBC News, Sky News. 

Photo: Getty Images.



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