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Could Starmer's milestones become millstones?

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Today, we look at the milestones Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will set out under what he calls a "plan for change" for Britain.

Paddy and Victoria are joined by Joe Pike, BBC politics and investigations correspondent, to discuss the resignation of Louise Haigh, who was serving as transport secretary, after it emerged she pleaded guilty to a fraud offence a decade ago. Does this resignation prompt questions for the government?

Plus, Master Chef presenter Gregg Wallace has spoken out on Sunday against allegations of historic misconduct, saying they have come from a "handful of middle-class women of a certain age".

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