Alex Forsyth

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1,958 appearances 19 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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Newscast · Can Andy Burnham End Rough Sleeping? · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

So that's a kind of like broad brush of the some of the challenges around this, but it is worth saying that the focus on this and this initial funding has undoubtedly been welcomed. voice-verified

You know, people do want to see this issue addressed because it is often local leaders or charities or groups that work with vulnerable people. voice-verified

who at the very front end of this just see the impact it has on individuals. voice-verified

So they they are saying and what you're hearing is this is great, but to fix some of those really big, intractable problems that sit behind this, that's going to take a real long term commitment and resource that goes with it as well. voice-verified

interesting 'cause that obviously was the approach that he very much championed in Greater Manchester as well. voice-verified

And I think just a really short aside, Adam, is I think it is fair to say that Andy Burnham in the interviews he's given on this today on Wednesday, he's been quite upfront about the fact that this is a sort of start, the funding, but it is about the political drive that he thinks is going to be the thing that pushes this through and forward. voice-verified

Yeah, and doesn't it just show you how challenging it becomes and this tension that governments face when they choose to make such a priority of the cost of living? voice-verified

Now you could argue it's not really a choice from a political perspective to put that right in the front and centre of your agenda because it is such a dominant issue for so many people right now who have voice-verified

been dealing with the cost of living for voice-verified

You know, f years now. voice-verified

Andy Burnham, exactly as you say, like Keir Starmer in the kind of latter period of his premiership, has chosen to really, really focus on the cost of living because they know just how much it affects people and how much people are looking to government to provide some sort of answer or solution. voice-verified

But the challenge is when you have got things that are happening globally that government in the UK has a very limited amount of control over. voice-verified

Then whatever they do here might ultimately only have a really limited effect. voice-verified

And there's that question about how much credit they really get for it. voice-verified

Of course, we knew from Andy Burnham's first couple of announcements. voice-verified

So he talked, yeah, about cutting VAT on electricity bills, saving the average household about 45 quid a year. voice-verified

And then there was also that second announcement about the two pound bus fare cap. voice-verified

They weren't pretending at the time that that was an answer to the cost of living crisis for people. voice-verified

They were saying, look, this is a sort of down payment, showing you our priorities and what we are hoping to focus on in government to make sure that you understand that we get it and we want to try and do some stuff to help for you. voice-verified

But the thing that sits behind that is then, okay, so what levers A might you have and can you pull both economically and politically to really make a difference in people's lives in the face of the global events that are pushing prices up? voice-verified

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