Andy Burnham

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Newscast · Behind The Scenes Of Andy Burnham’s First Week As Prime Minister · 26 Jul 2026 podcast

I've lived my whole life by that.

And I found him to be really...

Warm on Monday, but obviously, you know, we will continue to build the relationship as we go forward.

It's a changing world, isn't it?

And you just have to obviously call things as they as they develop.

I can't at any point say that I won't take a different.

opinion from him that I will need to voice a different opinion that is right for Britain.

And I will do that.

My strength always is in remaining close to people, close to the public.

That will not change because I'm Prime Minister.

Of course.

I mean, you've got to go into this.

All leaders have to do that.

You have to defend your own national interests before anything else.

That's what you're required to do if you're to do this job properly.

I will always put Britain's interests first.

Well, I appointed my new Chancellor very aware of what he had said about the critical importance of defence spending and the position that he had taken about that.

The first challenge facing us both

is to ensure that the defence investment plan is fully funded and that's the thing that's right in front of us and we need to work that through as we go towards the budget later this year.

I am absolutely committed to what we've promised our NATO partners, and that is my commitment.

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