Kiran Stacey
Policy Editor at the Guardian. Previously with the FT in London, Delhi, Washington.
- Listen to me from Hastings and @johnharris1969.bsky.social (partly) from Gorton and Denton discuss: 😟 Can Starmer survive? 😡 Why do voters seem to dislike him so much? 🗳️ What would a by-election defeat mean? www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
- Why has Peter Mandelson held such clout in so many Labour administrations? On the day Starmer suggests he should no longer be a peer, listen to @pippacrerar.bsky.social and I explain his political power. www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
- What happened when Starmer met Xi? Our @pippacrerar.bsky.social joins us for a special episode direct from the British ambassador's residence in Beijing! www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
- EXC: Ban social media for u-16s *now*, says Esther Ghey, as she urges Labour MPs to rebel against the govt if needed. Great interview with our @johnharris1969.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- The full episode - including the latest from Gorton and Denton - is here: www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
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- - Is Andy Burnham coming back to parliament? - Is Starmer finding his voice on Trump? - And what does the latter mean for the former? All fun and games on today's episode of Politics Weekly with me, @pippacrerar.bsky.social and @johnharris1969.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
- EXC: Starmer facing *yet another* damaging rebellion - this time on local govt funding. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- EXC: Angela Rayner intervenes in the heated cabinet row over leasehold reform, urging the PM to keep his promise and cap ground rents - even if that means upsetting investors. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
- EXC: Zack Polanski tells us Britain should consider closing US military bases, leave Nato and denuclearise, as he begins to flesh out the Greens’ foreign policy. Also spells out to @pippacrerar.bsky.social and me his red lines in any coalition talks to come. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Full podcast episode is here: www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
- This is what it's like for @johnharris1969.bsky.social and I to try and digest Badenoch's sacking of Jenrick in real time.
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- @stephenkb.bsky.social gives up his resistance and joins the Keminaissance
- News of Robert Jenrick's sacking broke as @johnharris1969.bsky.social and I started to record this pod. 🔥 Listen here for our very live takes on: 🤜 Who wins the fight for the right? 👩🏫 Should Starmer learn from Badenoch? 🚪Who else is headed for the door? www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
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- EXC: Another govt u-turn coming? Officials talk about watering down controversial plans to limit jury trials, with a rebellion in the Lords on the cards. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan...
- So much breaking news on this weeks pod! Listen in as @pippacrerar.bsky.social and I discuss: ✖️ Ofcom investigates X. Why is the govt still here, and why are we? ↪️ Nadhim Zhawi defects to Reform UK. Is it a good idea? 🇺🇸 Why won't Starmer get tough on Trump? www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
- Just noting the fact that the new Chelsea manager's last act as a Guardian columnist was to call Trump an evil racist. www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2...
- 🇻🇪 Should Keir Starmer be saying more about Venezuela? 🇪🇺 Will he begin to undo Brexit? 🕥 And will he last the year as PM? Listen in to our first Politics Weekly podcast of the year, where @pippacrerar.bsky.social and I discuss this and more. t.co/lbdz8DIvxG
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- The official start of Christmas - the Christmas episode of Politics Weekly is out now. Featuring: - Quizzes - Predictions - @pippacrerar.bsky.social dancing - @johnharris1969.bsky.social discovering his inner love of flags www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
- On this week's pod, something a bit different from @pippacrerar.bsky.social and me. A brilliant conversation with the equally brilliant @mrjohncrace.bsky.social about his new book The Bonfire of the Insanities. Merry xmas everyone! www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
- EXC: We need to rethink our health and safety culture if we want economic growth, says the man advising the govt on how to build infrastructure. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- EXC: Minister takes aim at the country's largest leasehold management company as the government prepares to almost entirely scrap the system altogether. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- This post by @samfr.bsky.social on the new book by @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @timbale.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social and @psurridge.bsky.social is as good as everyone says. Especially this point busting the myth of the Red Wall and the "hero voter". samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
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- BREAKING: Richard Hughes resigns as head of the OBR. obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
- What were journalists told about the budget and when? @pippacrerar.bsky.social reveal all in this week's episode of Politics Weekly. Also featuring bonus Your Party content. www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
- Rachel Reeves gambles on tax and spend. But has she forgotten the "squeezed middle"? Listen to me, @pippacrerar.bsky.social and @johnharris1969.bsky.social chew over today's budget here. www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
- Not to be pernickety here, but didn't the chancellor make a mistake with her very first word of the budget (and several times afterwards)?
- If you're wondering how relations are between the govt and the OBR after this morning's budget leak, a govt source has just sent this out about the EV tax.
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- Grist to @jim.londoncentric.media’s theory that this will never happen: The govt has timed its pension tax rise so it will have almost all its impact in the vital final year of the fiscal forecast.
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- 💥 Govt says fuel duty to *go up* from next September. In the past the OBR has assumed that fuel duty would start to rise after a one-year freeze. This time, the govt has said explicitly that it will only be frozen for five months, and will start increasing it after that.
- Public service journalism for anyone on a salary sacrifice pension scheme...
- Here is the smorgasbord in full. Removing tax benefits from salary sacrifice pension schemes raises a whopping £4.7bn.
- Removing the two-child benefit cap will cost £3bn and the average benefit to families will be £5,450 a year.
- Government's employment support scheme will not make any difference to growth, says the OBR.
- Absolutely extraordinary - this seems to be the OBR's entire economic outlook, posted half an hour before the chancelor stands up: obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
- Great story by @pickardje.bsky.social and @rachelmillard.bsky.social Rachel Reeves drops a plan to remove VAT from energy bills, decides only to remove levies. Makes it much cheaper for the govt, but limits how much will be knocked off bills. www.ft.com/content/82f0...
- Very nice that our podcast has been nominated for two of these awards. Well done to the brilliant team including @pippacrerar.bsky.social @johnharris1969.bsky.social @zoehitch.bsky.social @frankietobi.bsky.social and Maz Ebtehaj. x.com/iNHouseComms...
- The only thing that can defeat parliament’s new extra high security fence.
