What's Andy Burnham's Economic Plan?
6/27/202639 min
Today we look at what Andy Burnham’s plan for the UK economy is.
We reveal what he’s expected to say in a speech on the economy on Monday, who the people advising him on it are, and who he might make chancellor.
Victoria Derbyshire is in for Laura. She and Paddy are joined by economics editor Faisal Islam, who’s been looking at what a Burnham Treasury might look like.
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First 90 secondsPaddy O'Connell· Host0:00
So, hello, Victoria Derbyshire.
Victoria Derbyshire· Host0:01
Hello.
Paddy O'Connell· Host0:01
Now you're in for the Laura Kuenssberg.
Victoria Derbyshire· Host0:04
I am, yes. She's having a weekend off, and we are gonna look at Andy Burnham's plan for the economy, or what we think his plan [chuckles] for the economy might be. And I-- when I spoke to him in June, June-- This is still June. When I spoke to him on June the 5th- Good point, yes ... sorry, a lot has happened.
Paddy O'Connell· Host0:19
Uh.
Victoria Derbyshire· Host0:20
Uh, we, we talked about the economy, so that was not very long ago, and he did say he would stick to Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves' rules, fiscal rules on managing the finances. On the, the question of what they were, or if he could remind us what they were, he declined to answer that. But this weekend, anyway, he is preparing a speech on the economy, which he's going to give on Monday.
Paddy O'Connell· Host0:39
And it's not much prep time. I mean, we'll get into this with Faisal, our economics editor, but many prime ministers have come into office having spent months and years preparing their program. So Monday's the first clue we get, not only on his economic program, we got quite a lot of clue from your interview with him, which went viral. We'll talk about that. And also the key question of who will be chancellor. So welcome to Saturday's Newscast.
Speaker 31:05
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Speaker 4· Soundbite1:10
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Victoria Derbyshire· Host1:12
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Paddy O'Connell· Host1:15
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Speaker 5· Soundbite1:15
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Paddy O'Connell· Host1:16
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Speaker 31:18
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Victoria Derbyshire· Host1:21
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Faisal Islam· Guest1:21
Thinking about it like a panto helped.
Speaker 31:24
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Paddy O'Connell· Host1:25
Hello, it's Paddy in the studio.
Victoria Derbyshire· Host1:28
Hello, it's Victoria in the studio.
Paddy O'Connell· Host1:29
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