{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Politics","slug":"talking-politics-6747759","podcast_index_feed_id":6747759,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/talking-politics/","website_url":"https://talking-politics.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b183a638-742c-4e11-a04b-f5b0e283ec56/6f76637a059f9eeede99bddd8730cf09.jpg","author":"ITV News","episode_count":216,"summary":"Political Editor Robert Peston and News At Ten Anchor Tom Bradby discuss and debate all the key talking points of the political week. You can watch every episode on YouTube, ITVX and Spotify and listen on every podcast platform, including Apple Podcasts . Hit subscribe on any platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T06:19:48.027804+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759"},"episode":{"title":"Who would be Burnham's chancellor?","slug":"who-would-be-burnham-s-chancellor","published_at":"2026-06-24T17:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759/who-would-be-burnham-s-chancellor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759","url":"https://talking-politics.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d2b870a4-4c06-4cff-9d1e-d69e296aa28f.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=4474dec6-09cf-489b-b8e3-5eaacc239c71&aw_0_1st.episodeid=d2b870a4-4c06-4cff-9d1e-d69e296aa28f","summary":"Andy Burnham is on track to become Britain’s next prime minister, but we don’t yet know who he’ll pick as chancellor. Could it be Ed Miliband, or would he spook the markets? Perhaps Yvette Cooper is a safe pair of hands, or could Wes Streeting get the keys to Number 11 despite his “brazen disloyalty” to his last boss? On this week’s Talking Politics, Tom and Robert ask what a Burnham government could look like, and break down what his major policy changes could be. Plus, Peston gives his advice to the next PM on welfare, defence and the pension triple lock. Contains mild language.","meta_description":"Andy Burnham is on track to become Britain’s next prime minister, but we don’t yet know who he’ll pick as chancellor. Could it be Ed Miliband, or would he…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1961,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-politics-6747759/episodes/who-would-be-burnham-s-chancellor/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759/who-would-be-burnham-s-chancellor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}