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How does Keir Starmer get out of the crisis?

Wednesday 2 July 2025 08:17, UK

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The prime minister fended off losing a Commons vote on welfare changes but wakes up with a massive repair job to do within his party - and economically.

Paste BN' Sam Coates and Politico's Anne McElvoy wonder what the consequences will be after those last-minute concessions to keep Labour MPs on side. 

There'll be new ways of balancing the finances (could they be filling a black hole by sending more?) but also a post-mortem of how the government misjudged the mood of its own MPs.

 

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