# Burnham's Reality Check

An episode of [Politics Unpacked](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/660638948), 22 Jul 2026, 36 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a60cf6e562e3ad88679841f/media.mp3

Andy Burnham has so far shown his new government knows how to spend money, but what about the harder bit - explaining where the savings will come from? Is the new PM already bumping into fiscal reality? Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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