# Andy Burnham focuses on cost of living at first Cabinet Meeting; Zelensky sacks top General, and Sir Alex Ferguson pays tribute to Kevin Keegan Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360/andy-burnham-focuses-on-cost-of-living-at-first-cabinet-meeting-zelensky-sacks-top-general-and-sir-alex-ferguson-pays-tribute-to-kevin-keegan Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360/andy-burnham-focuses-on-cost-of-living-at-first-cabinet-meeting-zelensky-sacks-top-general-and-sir-alex-ferguson-pays-tribute-to-kevin-keegan.md Podcast: [The Smart 7](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360) Published: 2026-07-22T05:10:11+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/thesmart7/episodes/andy-burnham-focuses-on-cost-of-living-at-first-cabinet-meet Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thesmart7/e/6a6050b5fa136e7931f59798/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-smart-7-1227360/episodes/andy-burnham-focuses-on-cost-of-living-at-first-cabinet-meeting-zelensky-sacks-top-general-and-sir-alex-ferguson-pays-tribute-to-kevin-keegan Duration seconds: 440 ## Resource The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO, that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week… With over 20 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we’ve won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...  Today's episode includes the following: https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2079543288151867436/video/1   https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2079563303236309495/video/1   https://x.com/BBCr4today/status/2079477018991673445/video/1 https://x.com/BBCBreakfast/status/2079468921032241439/video/1   https://x.com/chefcascottccc/status/2079523011820957926/video/1   https://x.com/NewsHour/status/2079692359449649534/video/1   https://x.com/i/status/2079531769922023632   https://x.com/etnow/status/2079366999881527757/video/1 https://x.com/superTV247/status/2079517724162597140/video/1 Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com   or find out more at www.metro.co.uk   Voiced by Jamie East, using AI, written by Liam Thompson , researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-smart-7-1227360/episodes/andy-burnham-focuses-on-cost-of-living-at-first-cabinet-meeting-zelensky-sacks-top-general-and-sir-alex-ferguson-pays-tribute-to-kevin-keegan/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360/andy-burnham-focuses-on-cost-of-living-at-first-cabinet-meeting-zelensky-sacks-top-general-and-sir-alex-ferguson-pays-tribute-to-kevin-keegan.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.