Labour braces for ballot box bloodbath

With just one week to go before voters across the UK deliver their verdict on Sir Keir Starmer’s government – our panel discusses another agonising week for the PM, Labour’s forecast devastation at the polls, and how No 10 can regroup in the aftermath.

Other talking points include the momentum behind Reform UK and the Green party — and the hurdles that threaten to trip them up.

Host Lucy Fisher is joined by deputy opinion editor Miranda Green, UK chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley and political columnist Stephen Bush.

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