Lucy Fisher
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792 appearances
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 20 Jul
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Well, Andy Burnham has been very much at pains to stress that he will stick to the fiscal rules entirely.
that Rachel Reeves, the current outgoing potentially chancellor, set for this Labour administration.
They place quite heavy constraints on the government's finances and therefore that has really fuelled a lot of speculation that tax rises could be in order this autumn in Andy Burnham's first budget.
In terms of who he's going to pick for his chancellor, all the thinking is that it will be Shabana Mahmood, who is the current Home Secretary.
Now, she's shown herself to be bold and radical in the Home Affairs and Justice briefs that she's held since coming to government.
But with regards to the question of what are her economic leanings, it's very difficult to say.
Very little has been said by her in recent years on tax issues.
spend growth policies.
And therefore, I think part of the reason Burnham is looking likely to plump for her is that she doesn't have a very set ideology and therefore will be something of a cipher for him to sort of fulfill his economic platform.
Well, he's been left a bit of a bear trap by Keir Starmer in terms of a big spending uplift for the British military.
Starmer has just announced £15 billion extra for the UK's Ministry of Defence over the next four years, of which a third of it is completely unfunded.
So Burnham will need to find the money for that.
Beyond that, Burnham has made clear that he believes that the British public need to feel a little bit of help now regarding the cost of living squeeze.
So that would really speak to some kind of splashy retail policy potentially.
And in turn, I think, you know, what his overarching intention will be to really get the polls moving in his favour, to prove to his party that he can lead Labour to a better future, he can take on reform and win the next election.
Because don't forget, he is coming in from outside the Commons straight to Downing Street.
He's been the mayor of Greater Manchester for almost a decade.
There will be many people across Britain who aren't that familiar with him, even though he was a junior cabinet minister in the last new Labour government.
Well, it's certainly the case that international affairs, geopolitics has not been a longstanding focus of his.
As I mentioned, he was a regional mayor.
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