Helen Pidd

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269 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 12 Aug

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Full Story · Burnham begins: what awaits the new British PM? · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah, I was quite surprised when I heard it because it's you know, as you know, I basically got a PhD in Burnhamology after all those years watching you up close in Greater Manchester when I was the Northern editor. matched

And he began so bold in twenty seventeen, saying, I'm gonna end rough sleeping and that language evolved over the nine years he's been there to end the need for rough sleeping. matched

Um, so I thought it was very interesting he's gone so hard on that issue on on day one in the job and matched

I just wonder for how many people that would be a priority, a real pressing issue in their life. matched

What do you think? matched

How do you think that will land with people? matched

Yeah. matched

And at the time we're recording this, Burnham has begun appointing his cabinet, and there was a big surprise, wasn't there, in his pick to be his Chancellor? matched

John Healy, not exactly a household name, an MP for Wentworth and Connorsborough, which is just north of Rotherham in South Yorkshire. matched

Tell us about him and what do you make of his appointment? matched

Hmm. matched

And I guess Healy has got some relevant experience, albeit quite a long time ago. matched

He was the financial secretary to the Treasury under Tony Blair, then he was housing secretary under Gordon Brown. matched

Do you think that by appointing him Chancellor, Andy Burnham's actually given him something very difficult to do, which to say, All right, you said that defence needed billions and billions and billions more? matched

Good luck. matched

Here you are, here's the treasury, find the money. matched

Hm. matched

And Ed Billeband has been moved from the Energy Department to be promoted to uh the Foreign Secretary. matched

He replaces Yvette Cooper. matched

What do you make of that appointment? matched

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