What’s in Andy Burnham’s Brexit in-tray?

The Two Matts Q&A: Burnham’s to-do list and the shameless Brexit villains

The Matts answer listener questions including: What should be on Andy Burnham’s to-do list? How do the Brexit villains get away with it? Is Nigel Farage losing the plot? Should we criminalise climate crisis denial? Has Giorgia Meloni won us over? And why don’t we talk about video games more? Enjoy!Produced by Matt WithersOFFER: Get […]

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I’m an economist - this is why I fear for Andy Burnham already

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week, you can sign up here. In politics, it’s the personalities that grab the headlines, and never more so when a new prime minister is about to take charge. In economics, it’s the numbers that matter: what’s happening to inflation, to unemployment, to interest rates, and most especially to gro…

What’s in Andy Burnham’s Brexit in-tray?

LONDON — Andy Burnham looks set to take over as U.K. prime minister within weeks. One thing he won’t be able to ignore is Britain’s relationship with the EU. The U.K.’s outgoing leader, Keir Starmer, has spent the last year negotiating a series of agreements with Brussels. Burnham will be taking over mid-season. The agreements were due to be concluded at a summit on July 22 — a date that was put on the calendar just a week before Starmer suddenl…