Politics At Sam and Anne's
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Politics At Sam and Anne's
Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy with what you need to know about the day ahead in British politics. All in under 20 minutes and in your feed around 7.30am. They're across the key interviews, the main stories and what the parties are saying. Whatever they're talking about, Wes...
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What’s Starmer’s plan for Friday morning?
How is Keir Starmer planning to play this week?
The week which could end with Andy Burnham back in parliament.
We know the prime minister’...
The ghosts of Burnham past haunt his campaign
Andy Burnham’s political opponents are finding plenty of attack lines to throw at him. So, are past comments and policy positions – from WASPI women t...
Belfast violence prompts fight on the right
Has the unrest in Belfast sparked a new political battle over Britain’s immigration system
Political leaders have condemned the violent overnigh...
Why Burnham agrees with Farage
Is Andy Burnham having trouble putting clear teal water between himself and Nigel Farage, following comments calling for a tougher stance on immigrati...
Will Keir fight on?
Can Keir Starmer wrestle back the spotlight from the Makerfield by-election?
After hosting world leaders in Downing Street and unveiling new pla...
Could Andy Burnham build to victory?
With two weeks until the Makerfield by-election, does Andy Burnham really have a plan in place to run the country?
Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy e...
Revealed: Who are the brains behind Burnham
Westminster may look busy but are MPs just waiting for the potential return of Andy Burnham?
With the Makerfield by-election just over a week aw...
Life after Keir - will it be coronation or contest?
What has Starmer loyalist Pat McFadden really been thinking when he’s been out defending the PM?
Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy discuss how the lat...
The Mandelson files: How bad can it be?
The ghost of Peter Mandelson returns as more than 1,000 documents, emails and WhatsApp messages due to be released – but how damaging will it be for t...
Morgan McSweeney on voters and discontent
With two hugely consequential months ahead in British politics, Sam and Anne look beneath the headlines and Westminster drama to ask what really comes...
The story behind Britain’s sanctions blunder
The Starmer government has made another blunder after it emerged that sanctions are being relaxed on Russian oil processed through third countries. As...
Rachel Reeves picks a fight on judicial review
After a fortnight of local and national elections drama - can the machinery of government get back moving again amid global instability?
With th...
How can Starmer’s cabinet look each other in the eye?
Andy Burnham makes his opening pitch to the voters of Makerfield but is he already in campaign mode for PM, as well as MP? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy...
Burnham’s 55% chance of losing Makerfield
Andy Burnham says Britain needs a “circuit breaker for politics” as he plots his return to Westminster. But with Labour sources putting his chances of...
Wes v Angela: The battle commences
Is the Labour leadership contest about to get messy and plunge the party into chaos?
Sam and Anne start the day expecting Wes Streeting to resig...
Starmer eyeballs Streeting - a clash or just coffee?
Will it be a ‘showdown’ when Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting meet today? Or does the King’s Speech calm Labour’s passions for 24 hours?
Sam Coate...
Will Wes Streeting fire the starting gun today?
Will today’s cabinet showdown push Keir Starmer to make a final decision on his future?
And will that mean Wes Streeting starts a leadership cam...
Can Burnham delay Starmer’s exit?
A speech which could define the Keir Starmer premiership – but can he reset or will it be another underwhelming relaunch?
With Labour MPs on edg...
Keir’s defences: Has the dam broken?
Is anyone really prepared to put their head above the parapet to challenge Keir Starmer?
After a disastrous set of election results, Labour back...
Have election results decided Starmer’s fate?
As early results are declared in England and counting begins across Scotland and Wales has the narrative of these elections already been set?
Wi...
Vote 2026: The final countdown
On the eve of a hugely significant set of local and national elections – who has the momentum and who is staring into an electoral abyss?
Sam an...
Ready or not: Keir’s rivals flounder
With days until the local and national elections – amid some grim polling projections – are Labour facing a double-edged threat from both the left and...
Local elections: The pollster’s verdict
With one week until voters head to the polls in Scotland, Wales and England – are we about to see a seismic shift in British politics?
In a spec...
“My prime minister” - the King steps in
Has King Charles’s warmth and humour helped save the special relationship?
It may be a diplomatic win for Keir Starmer in Washington, helping to...
Will McSweeney stumble on Starmer?
What might Sir Philip Barton and Morgan McSweeney reveal about the Mandelson vetting scandal?
Today, the former foreign office mandarin and Keir...
The King in Washington: Charles’s real job this week
Can King Charles save the UK-U.S. special relationship?
As the King touches down in Washington for a state visit, Anne – who was at the White Ho...
Cat amongst the pigeons: Mandarins at war
Will the Prime Minister ever escape the ghost of Peter Mandelson and his decision to appoint the ‘Prince of Darkness’ as the UK’s ambassador to Washin...
Keir's cabinet: Who's left on the barricades
Has the Prime Minister and No10 weathered the storm on the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal?
With the dust only beginning to settle, Sam and Anne...
Why Olly Robbins isn’t Labour’s only problem
The news agenda may be dominated by Olly Robbins’ highly-anticipated evidence session to MPs on the Mandelson scandal – but is an even more significan...
The problem with Keir’s Mandelson defence
The Prime Minister faces another defining day as he confronts MPs over one question - when did he and No10 learn that Peter Mandelson had failed his s...
Going postal: The election brawl begins
With three weeks to polling day, postal voting is underway in local and devolved elections across the UK - but will the process stay clean and how muc...
Trump v Britain: The war of words spirals
Donald Trump unloads another scathing attack on Keir Starmer – throwing out threats and casting doubt on the special relationship once again – raising...
Is Starmer guilty of “corrosive complacency” on defence?
The man who wrote Keir Starmer’s defence review says the Government is putting the UK ‘in peril’ at a time of war.
With more pressure to overhau...
The rising cost of trouble abroad
What is the Prime Minister’s top priority as he faces down a critical month? He has a busy basket of problems on the domestic and foreign front – all...
Why is so much at stake in the May elections?
With one month to go until the local elections in England, Wales and Scotland - is the electoral map about to be redrawn?
In his first major tes...
Keir takes charge on Iran contingencies
MPs may be on recess - but as the Iran war enters its fifth week should Whitehall ramp up contingency planning for its impact at home?
With the...
From Tehran to Teesside: Could Starmer run out of energy?
The Iran conflict may be dominating the headlines, but it’s the unintended consequences back home that are bothering the Prime Minister.
With Te...
The fuel plan ministers don’t want to talk about
How does the government plan for making sure the country has enough fuel without accidentally triggering a change in public behaviour which causes sho...
Rachel Reeves takes back control
Does Donald Trump always chicken out or is Keir Starmer in the dark about what is going to happen next in the Middle East?
The U.S. President h...
The cost of war becomes Reeves’ nightmare
As oil prices climb again – with neither the U.S. nor Iran backing down over the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz – what can the Prime Minister do t...