Politics Unpacked

Keir Starmer's reserved style didn't give impressionists much to work with. Andy Burnham is different: expressive, animated and occasionally cringey - but will being endlessly parodied help or hurt his popularity?

Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Alys Denby and Patrick Kidd.
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Andy Burnham's first week in Downing Street has been full of promises - from tax cuts, to public services - but it's left Kemi Badenoch asking, "Is that it?" as she calls on him to be more ambitious.

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Josh Glancy and Sarah Ditum.

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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.

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Andy Burnham has met with his new cabinet for the first time since becoming prime minister. It's very northern, and it definitely doesn't include allies of Keir Starmer - will the exiled Starmerites make his life difficult?

Hugo Rifkind is joined by Charlotte Ivers and James Marriott to unpack the politics of the day.

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As Andy Burnham becomes the UK's seventh Prime Minister in a decade, how can he avoid the fate of his predecessors?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Janice Turner and Seb Payne.
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