# How To Promise Everything And Pay For It Later Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-win-an-election-6656330/how-to-promise-everything-and-pay-for-it-later Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-win-an-election-6656330/how-to-promise-everything-and-pay-for-it-later.md Podcast: [How To Win An Election](https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-win-an-election-6656330) Published: 2026-07-23T11:50:35+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/how-to-win-an-election/episodes/how-to-promise-everything-and-pay-for-it-later Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6528fe7e3308660012b7db47/e/6a62000b4fac21e67f96559e/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-to-win-an-election-6656330/episodes/how-to-promise-everything-and-pay-for-it-later Duration seconds: 2632 ## Resource Andy Burnham’s first week in Downing Street has been full of promises - but can he keep everyone happy and still balance the books? Hugo, Sally, Polly and Danny look at the prime minister’s first week in power, from his plans for public services and tax cuts, to the questions over how he will pay for them.  They also discuss John Healey’s appointment as Chancellor, the fallout from the purge of Starmer allies, and whether Burnham’s approach risks trying to please everyone.   Send your questions, comments and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-to-win-an-election-6656330/episodes/how-to-promise-everything-and-pay-for-it-later/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-win-an-election-6656330/how-to-promise-everything-and-pay-for-it-later.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.