Heather Stewart is joined by Aarti Shankar, Rafael Behr and Tom McTague to discuss the showdown over Britain’s membership of the EU customs union after Brexit. Plus Philip Cowley on local election polls and Gregory Claeys on the relevance of Karl Marx as his 200th birthday approaches

Downing Street says Theresa May has not budged from her position and Britain is leaving the customs union. But on Thursday, Amber Rudd appeared to say the government was yet to arrive at a final position – before later clarifying her remarks. With rumblings in cabinet and no majority in parliament, could this issue become a battle of life or death for May’s leadership?

Joining Heather Stewart to discuss it all are the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr, Open Europe’s Aarti Shankar and Politico’s Tom McTague.

Also this week, as parts of Britain prepare to hold local council elections next week, we look at the latest polling in London with Philip Cowley of Queen Mary University.

And finally, Karl Marx would have been 200 next week. What’s his legacy? We hear from Gregory Claeys, author of Marx and Marxism.

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