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Revealed: Who are the brains behind Burnham

6/3/202622 min

Westminster may look busy but are MPs just waiting for the potential return of Andy Burnham?

With the Makerfield by-election just over a week away Burnham insists he's focussed on winning the seat. But behind the scenes allies are already developing ideas that could underpin a future bid for No10.

Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy look at who is moulding the Burnham project and why certain plans for the economy and AI are attracting growing scrutiny from Westminster and the City.

You can get the full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election here.

Clips

Cross-Party Palantir Alarm
Burnham's Fiscal Rules Fog
Palantir Polling Surprise
Burnham's Policy Brain Trust
Truman Show Campaign Joke

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

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  3. Sam Coates· Host0:59

    [upbeat music] Hello, good morning, and welcome. It's Wednesday, June the 3rd. Welcome to Politics with Sam and Anne. She's Anne McElvoy, I'm Sam Coates. I found, Anne, another sign that things are basically grinding to a halt in Westminster.

  4. Anne McElvoy· Host1:15

    I am indeed, Anne McElvoy. Good morning. Um, what have you got for us [laughs] on that?

  5. Sam Coates· Host1:20

    So because I do things like that, I was going through the Commons order paper last night, and I, I do so on a tip-off from

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