Three weeks haven’t yet passed since the election, but Keir Starmer’s Government has faced its first rebellion. The response to seven Labour MPs breaking rank over the Government’s stance on the two child benefit cap was swift and fierce, leading to the whip being removed and anger inside and outside the party. Nish and Coco ask if Starmer has only stoked further division within the party. Clare Farrell drops in to discuss the landmark sentencing of five Just Stop Oil protesters and how the previous government’s draconian anti-protest legislation led to this moment. Later, chair of the NHS Federation Victor Adebowale joins Nish and Coco to discuss the National Audit Office’s recent findings into the state of NHS finances and what can be done to fix the service, while taking the pressure off of near-breaking point staff. Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media. Contact us via email: [email protected] WhatsApp: 07494 933 444 (UK) or + 44 7494 933 444 (internationally) Insta: https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk Twitter: https://twitter.com/podsavetheuk TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk Facebook: https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/podsavetheworld Guests: Clare Farrell, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion Lord Victor Adebowale, Chair of the NHS Confederation Useful Links: Open Letter: https://defendourjuries.org/wtf/ Just Stop Oil petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-prison-for-protest/ Pod Save the UK: live! https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/pod-save-the-uk-live Audio credits: BBC Radio 4 Today Department of Health and Social Care parliamentlive.tv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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