What challenges face Andy Burnham as prime minister? | BBC Newscast
We’re looking at the emerging issues the new prime minister will be forced to deal with when he returns to parliament. We look at ongoing
We’re looking at the emerging issues the new prime minister will be forced to deal with when he returns to parliament. We look at ongoing issues over the early release of prisoners and warnings from the Treasury. We also discuss his summer strategy and whether it’s working. Adam is joined live onstage at the Edinburgh Fringe by Henry Zeffman and James Cook to discuss.
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New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news 00:00 Newscast is in Edinburgh! 02:12 How has Andy
Burnham been doing so far? 06:50 New UK economic growth figures 13:05 Yvette Cooper takes swipe at Keir Starmer 21:11 Andy Burnham asks shops not to sell disposable barbeques 23:36 Continued pressure over the early prisoner release scheme 30:01 What is Andy Burnham's communications strategy?
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