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

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And there was a lot of speculation in the last few days that Shibana Mahmood would be the new Chancellor and instead she's staying put as Home Secretary. matched

And do you think we can see this as Burnham endorsing what people certainly on the left would see as her fairly harsh immigration policies, making it much more difficult for immigrants to settle in in the UK? matched

So Paul, just how important are these first few hours, these first few days and weeks in the job in terms of getting your message out there and really setting the tone for what's to come? matched

And what do you make about the way in which Andy Burnham communicates? matched

And you know, he's been writing all of his own speeches in Greater Manchester. matched

He does like to be able to speak off the cuff a little bit. matched

Are those days gone now that he's prime minister, do you think? matched

also Zora Mamdani, right? matched

or Trump actually. matched

I wonder how much are you setting the agenda versus responding to stuff happening? matched

And stuff can happen at any point in twenty four hours. matched

So yeah, how much will you find he's just sort of firefighting? matched

Peter, before Keir Starmer came into Downing Street two years ago, he he famously got his then chief of staff, Sue Gray, remember her, to come up with a list of issues that might trouble him in his first few weeks. matched

And this list was called, excuse my language, the shit list. matched

Sue Gray's have reportedly been advising Vernum in the past few weeks. matched

What do you think is going to be on this shit list? matched

Let's talk domestic issues first. matched

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An extra four point seven billion he's gonna have to find. matched

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