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Wes Streeting bottles it and Labour's left grabs the steering wheel

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Listen to what Labour ministers and MPs are saying about their colleagues in a week of chaos in Westminster.

The prime minister thought it was all over for him this weekend, but a scrambled rearguard action has left him looking stronger than he has for some time. But to survive, Keir Starmer may now have no choice but to move leftwards. And there's much worse to come when the Mandelson files are released.

Meanwhile, has Wes Streeting missed his moment to challenge the prime minister?


Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times

Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times

Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall editor, The Sunday Times


Producer: Euan Dawtrey

Executive producer: Molly Guinness


Picture credit: Getty Images

Audio credit: Sky News


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