Burnham's Reality Check

The Times Red Box Podcast by Anna Covell

Jul 22, 202635:43News & Politics

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 unpa...

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