Has Burnham wasted his honeymoon?

Podcast: Political Currency · Persephonica

Opublikowano: 2026-09-17

The budget crunch is on for Andy Burnham’s new government, with Ed Balls and George Osborne warning that the economic outlook has got much worse from when the new PM entered No. 10. The Fed raising interest rates, and the Bank of England likely to follow this autumn, create a stark picture for Burnham and John Healey. George reports a lack of confidence internationally, and wonders if the honeymoon period has been wasted. George is just back from Canada, and reports on the confidence stirred up by their PM Mark Carney. Carney has just met Burnham, an...