{"id":258166,"date":"2025-07-02T18:04:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:04:34","slug":"labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/YGlGKcR03f0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YGlGKcR03f0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir Starmer pulled Labour\u2019s flagship welfare reform plans at the last minute &#8211; a humiliating U-turn after days of rebellion, confusion and rising anger across his own party.<\/p>\n<p>The government narrowly avoided defeat in the vote last night, but the cost may be far greater than any lost vote. Dozens of MPs defied the whip, disability campaigners condemned the reforms, and what was once a central policy platform now lies in ruins. Critics say Starmer has looked weak, indecisive &#8211; even irrelevant &#8211; in the face of pressure from within.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of The Fourcast, Matt Frei speaks to our social affairs editor Jackie Long and Channel 4 News\u2019 Senior Political Correspondent Paul McNamara about the significance of what has just happened and what comes next. Has this bruising vote done lasting damage to Starmer\u2019s premiership? and what will Rachel Reeves do now as another last minute U-turn has blown an even bigger black hole into the government\u2019s finances?<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Keir Starmer pulled Labour\u2019s flagship welfare reform plans at the last minute &#8211; a humiliating U-turn after days of rebellion, confusion and rising anger across his own party. The government narrowly avoided defeat in the vote last night, but the cost may be far greater than any lost vote. Dozens of MPs defied the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":258167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128813],"tags":[128931,132253,128932],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-258166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-4-news","tag-keir","tag-pulled","tag-starmer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T17:04:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/YGlGKcR03f0\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"headline\":\"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-02T17:04:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-266.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Keir\",\"pulled\",\"Starmer\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Channel 4 News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/\",\"name\":\"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-266.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-02T17:04:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"description\":\"Watch Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-266.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-266.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2025-07-02T17:04:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/YGlGKcR03f0\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"headline":"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power","datePublished":"2025-07-02T17:04:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/"},"wordCount":229,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-266.jpg","keywords":["Keir","pulled","Starmer"],"articleSection":["Channel 4 News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/","name":"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-266.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-02T17:04:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"description":"Watch Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-266.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-266.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-in-crisis-inside-the-vote-that-shook-starmers-grip-on-power\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer\u2019s grip on power"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258166"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=258166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}