# Will Starmer's body count prove fatal for his premiership?

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Podcast: [The News Agents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592)
Published: 2026-04-28T16:08:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/
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Morgan McSweeney was called before MPs to explain HIS version of how Mandelson was hired: was he just finding a great job for a mate? Why hadn’t he responded to all the red flag warnings? Was due process really followed? And had he put Starmer in a position where the PM wasn’t told the whole truth? Later, Tom Baldwin - Starmer’s friend and biographer- on how, and whether, the PM can survive, and whether the high body count of sacked staff speaks to a wider malaise in his Downing Street. The News Agents is a Global Production. The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/

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