Taking stock of Starmer's premiership and the local elections in London

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Ben Wright's guests are the Labour backbencher Tom Hayes; shadow business minister, Gareth Davies; and the Green Party MP Sian Berry. They discuss the costs to the UK of the conflict in the Middle East and look ahead to the local elections in London. Ben reports from the borough of Bromley, where Reform UK are hopeful of making gains. Rowena Mason - Whitehall editor of The Guardian - brings additional expert insight and analysis. And Jennifer McKiernan hears reflections on the departure of the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords, marking a moment of parliamentary history.