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Is Andy Burnham just Keir Starmer with TikTok?

September 16, 2026·33 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Six weeks out from the budget some of the critics are already circling - warning the new Prime Minister not to play it safe as “a traditional tax and spend PM with better TikTok". Is Burnham in control of events? Or is the economy being thrown further off course by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea closing off?Later, pussycat impersonator, and leader of the Workers Party George Galloway, is back and standing in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. Will this split the Green vote?The News Agents is a Global Production.The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://grp.hsbc/TheRightConnections

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