Will Labour’s cold winter of cuts be worth it? – podcast

Keir Starmer has been talking a lot about “tough decisions” since he became prime minister this summer. For some of his MPs, tough decisions came almost immediately – with a vote on the two-child benefit cap. Seven Labour MPs who rebelled against the party line and voted to scrap the cap found they had the whip removed.

Then the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced another controversial “tough…