# Burnham's Big Cheques

An episode of [Politics Unpacked](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/660638948), 28 Sep 2026, 33 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6aba76a74e059d44b5abd153/media.mp3

The chancellor says the money simply isn't there, but Andy Burnham began party conference with a big pledge on free adult social care in England. What are the hard choices needed to pay for it? Plus: Polling expert Sir John Curtice on how popular it would be with the public. Hugo unpacks the politics of the day live from Labour Party Conference in Liverpool with Noa Hoffman and Theo Bertram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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