Is Ed Miliband still in the running for Chancellor?

Is Ed Miliband still in the running for Chancellor?

July 15, 2026 · 23 min

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The episode discusses the implications of Keir Starmer's final PMQs and the potential candidacy of Ed Miliband for Chancellor.

It’s Keir Starmer’s final PMQs so Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy wonder if he’ll get a softer side of Kemi Badenoch in the chamber today. But, as Starmer picks up his engraved carriage clock gift from cabinet, there’s a shift in the chat about who Andy Burnham’s neighbour at number 11 might be. Have Team Burnham gone off the idea of Ed Miliband as Chancellor because of soft left optics? And who else is in the frame?

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