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The episode discusses the new cabinet appointments in Andy Burnham's Labour government and analyzes the implications of these changes.

It’s all change at the top of Andy Burnham’s new Labour government and there have been some surprise appointments. The biggest of them was the elevation of the former defence minister John Healey to chancellor of the exchequer, but we also saw Ed Miliband given the foreign office brief and Wes Streeting move to defence. Meanwhile, many of Starmer’s former allies have been given the boot. Host Lucy Fisher is joined by deputy opinion editor Miranda Green, the FT’s chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley and north of England correspondent Jen Williams to discuss the new cabinet and dissect some of the policy moves announced so far, as well as those that are likely to come. Follow: Lucy: @LOS_Fisher or @ lucyfisher.ft.com ; Miranda: @greenmiranda and @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, Jen: @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social and Robert: @robertshrimsley and @robertshrimsley.bsky.social Want more?   Andy Burnham latest: Move to remove VAT on electricity bills sparks funding row as Cabinet meets Andy Burnham becomes UK prime minister promising ‘unity and positivity’ Six things we learnt from Andy Burnham’s choices for his top team The five fiscal challenges facing John Healey Continuity…

People in this episode

Host: Lucy Fisher

Guests: Miranda Green, Robert Shrimsley, Jen Williams

Topics covered

• politics
• cabinet appointments
• Labour government
• policy discussion
• UK leadership
• political analysis

Keywords

• Andy Burnham
• cabinet
• John Healey
• Ed Miliband
• Wes Streeting
• Labour
• politics
• UK government

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour, Financial Times, Cabinet, UK

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