Can Burnham learn from Starmer's mistakes?
· 25 min
Episode Can Burnham learn from Starmer's mistakes?
Sir Keir Starmer is out. Andy Burnham is in. And after just days in Downing Street, the new prime minister has torn up his predecessor's playbook — swapping warnings of a hard inheritance for a blitz of cost of living giveaways. Is this smart repositioning after Starmer's early missteps, or a sugar rush that can't survive contact with the budget?
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Guest: Josh Glancy, associate editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producers: Elle Scott, Shabnam Grewal, Jennifer Kennedy.
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