Liz Truss and Boris Johnson have both been intervening this week. Could they challenge Rishi Sunak? We discuss how much of a threat to him they are. Plus, we delve into the cabinet and Whitehall shake-ups. An industrial strategy was dropped while areas like energy security and technology became priorities. Is this more than a change of labels?
Presented by George Parker, with deputy opinion editor Miranda Green, columnist Robert Shrimsley and special guests Conservative MP Greg Clark and Hannah White, director of the Institute for Government. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Manuela Saragosa. The sound engineer was Breen Turner
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Sunak’s short honeymoon
Jeremy Hunt’s sombre Autumn Statement
Farewell Sir Gavin, for the third time
Pressure grows on the home secretary?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
How the stopwatch began on Truss’ time in Downing Street
A new chancellor and another U-turn for Truss
Truss vs the ‘anti-growth’ coalition
Kwasi Kwarteng’s market meltdown
The gamble for growth
King Charles III begins his reign
In memory of Queen Elizabeth II
Truss’s glide path to Number 10
Struggling with the energy crisis
Liz Truss pulls even further ahead
Tory leadership race: And the heat goes on
Liz Truss targets the Treasury
Truss pulls ahead
Head-to-head - Sunak and Truss fight it out to be Tory leader and PM
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