Does Andy Burnham have the right ideas – and can we afford them? This is Money Podcast

There’s another new Prime Minister in town and yet another plan to revitalise Britain.

Andy Burnham wasted no time in taking action on pubs, buses and electricity bills. But is this the start of a radical reshaping and improvement or just more tinkering? And how will we pay for it?

Plus we know his views on defence but what about our money? What will the new Chancellor, John Healey, have in store for us?

On this 24 July 2026 episode of the This is Money podcast, Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert run the rule over the new Burnham government and answer the question of what they would do.