Episode

Burnham's Reality Check

Podcast
Politics Unpacked
Published
Jul 22, 2026
Duration seconds
2143
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
https://shows.acast.com/timesredbox/episodes/burnhams-reality-check
Audio
https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a60cf6e562e3ad88679841f/media.mp3
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/burnham-s-reality-check
Markdown
/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/burnham-s-reality-check.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/burnham-s-reality-check/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/burnham-s-reality-check.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Andy Burnham has so far shown his new government knows how to spend money, but what about the harder bit - explaining where the savings will come from? Is the new PM already bumping into fiscal reality?  Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.