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Labour MPs v the spooks

A row is brewing between the government, Labour backbenchers and the security services over the Hillsborough law. Sam has the intel on why MPs want it to go even further, leaving Number 10 in a tricky position.

After several policy U-turns and potentially more on the horizon – is the prime minister still in the driving seat and to what extent?

Plus, as Reform UK claims its most high-profile scalp so far in Nadhim Zahawi, why are the polls heading in the wrong direction and could the party be accused of being the “same team, new badge” equivalent of Boris Johnson’s Conservatives?

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