Andy Burnham (Almost) Wins
7/9/202637 min
Today, Andy Burnham's Labour leadership bid has been backed by 322 Labour MPs.
If no one else enters the contest, as expected, Burnham will be declared Labour leader next week before taking office as prime minister on 20 July. Burnham is currently just one short of securing 323 nominations, which is when it is mathematically impossible for a rival to reach the 81-MP threshold needed to run against him. Adam and Chris discuss.
An interim review of Personal Independence Payments (Pip) in England and Wales had found it to be "not fit for purpose". Last year, the UK government asked Sir Stephen Timms to review whether Pip was "fair and fit for the future". His initial report is being published on Thursday ahead of the final recommendations due in the autumn.Adam and Alex discuss with Ben Chu Policy and Analysis Correspondent, BBC Verify
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Adam Fleming· Host0:51
[short jingle] Two milestones, the first of which is Chris Mason is back in the UK.
Chris Mason· Host1:00
Hello.
Adam Fleming· Host1:00
How was Turkey?
Chris Mason· Host1:01
It was, it was fine. It gives you a sense of the kind of, uh, heatwave that some of us- [laughs] ... are experiencing right now. That in conversations I was having with my family about being in Ankara, uh, the, the, the reflections were, "I think it's cooler where you are than it is back home."
Adam Fleming· Host1:16
And we learnt that Keir Starmer did not bring his personalized revolver he was given as a gift by- [laughs] ... Erdogan back to the UK, 'cause that would be an illegal firearm. So it was deposited in the British Embassy, where it's being decommissioned, [laughs] and then will be