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• President Trump's state visit: Has Starmer's 'kowtowing' paid off?

  Tom Bradby is joined by Political Editor Robert Peston and US Correspondent Dan Rivers from the Prime Minister's country residence Chequers, where he has just survived a press conference alongside the US President. Has Sir Keir Starmer, in spite all of his difficulties on the domestic front, played it perfectly with the world's most powerful man - and as a result, bagged billions upon billions of investment from some of America's top companies?Plus, Tom and Dan discuss: After his day at Windsor Castle, why is it that Donald Trump seems to love and respect King Charles and the Royal Family so much? Got a question for the team? Email [email protected]

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• Starmer’s leadership crisis worsens: How much trouble is he in?

  He's already lost his deputy Angela Rayner, the questions are mounting over Peter Mandelson’s disastrous appointment, and now one of Keir Starmer's top aides Paul Ovenden has been forced to quit after an ITV News exclusive revealed his own shocking private messages. So how will the PM navigate the deepening leadership crisis without one of his key strategists?In Talking Politics, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston are joined by our Political Correspondent Shehab Khan, who exposed the PM’s aide's sickening messages about Diane Abbott, to assess the fallout from the story.Tom and Robert then discuss the looming threat to Starmer's position as he prepares to host Donald Trump's state visit and the emboldening of the far-right movement in the UK and US in the wake of the assassination of pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk.Got a question for the team? Email [email protected]

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• Q&A: Does Angela Rayner deserve a pay off after resigning?

  Should ministers like Angela Rayner get thousands of pounds in severance pay if they resign?In this Q&A Tom Bradby and Robert Peston answer that audience question and more, including:Will Rayner's resignation trigger more investigations into politicians and government officials to see what claims they’re making that they shouldn’t?Could Keir Starmer ever take Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights?How can we have a Deputy PM in David Lammy who openly backs claims for reparations into the billions regarding slavery in the past?And after 10 years of social media churning ‘politics’ for entertainment, can it ever now stop being a soap opera?Got a question for the team? Email [email protected]

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• Mandelson sacked over Epstein revelations: Reaction and analysis

  Keir Starmer has sacked Peter Mandelson as Britain's UK ambassador to the US following the release of more damaging emails he sent to Jeffrey Epstein.In this emergency episode of Talking Politics, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston react to the continued fallout after the bombshell birthday book revelations and assess the damage to the prime minister and the Labour government.Got a question for the team? Email [email protected]

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• Why the Mandelson-Epstein birthday book revelations are CATASTROPHIC for Keir Starmer

  The Jeffrey Epstein birthday book revelations have further implicated Donald Trump and Bill Clinton and forced a grovelling apology from the UK Ambassador to the US’s Peter Mandelson.In Talking Politics, Robert Peston and Tom Bradby examine why Mandelson’s past letters to the convicted paedophile financier - released now by a US congressional committee - are so catastrophic for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.The duo analyse how Kemi Badenoch used the issue to finally dominate at PMQs, compare Mandelson’s precarious political predicament with Angela Rayner’s recent resignation over unpaid stamp duty and discuss the other biggest headaches facing Starmer heading into Autumn’s Budget, including why tax rises are now inevitable.Got a question for Tom and Robert?Email [email protected] and we’ll answer it in our weekly Talking Politics Q&A showGot a question for the team? Email [email protected]

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