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Reform Team, Assemble

The Reform UK 'shadow cabinet' has assembled. Nigel Farage has appointed Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman and Zia Yusuf to key roles - but will voters be convinced that the party is truly a government-in-waiting?


Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Libby Purves and James Marriott.

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