#government-stability

#government-stability

Like [Keir] Starmer, the chancellor is also fighting for her political life whether because the prime minister himself falls, or chooses to move his chancellor in a reset reshuffle. Against that backdrop, Reeves hopes to project calm and competence next week, after a tumultuous 18 months.

When Shabana Mahmood joins us on the show on Sunday she'll demonstrate why No 10 picked her for the post of home secretary - the expectation she'd take a tougher line than her predecessor on immigration and that, as her backers want her to be seen, she is a "woman in a hurry". Her plans have already been met with dismay by refugee groups, and taking support away from asylum seekers is not exactly comfortable territory for many in the Labour Party.