Newscast – Andy Burnham Makes His Move
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Pressure is mounting on the Prime Minister today with Wes Streeting resigning as health secretary and Josh Simons announcing he will step aside to allow Andy Burnham to take the seat. There are still some steps before this happens. The National Executive Committee needs to choose him as a candidate and he needs to go ahead and win. Yet the party is in chaos and facing the biggest revolt yet against the Starmer premiership. What happens now and when, if at all, will there be a leadership election? Adam, Chris, Alex and Joe explain the (many) events of the day. You can now listen to the News Broadcast on your smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say “Ask BBC Sounds to play the News Broadcast”. Works on most smart speakers. You can join our online Newscast community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Contact Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes are published every day. If you’re in the UK, listen to BBC Sounds for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd The News feed gives you daily analysis of the latest political news from the BBC. The host was Adam Fleming. Produced by Anna Harris with Shiler Mahmoudi and Joe Wilkinson. The social producer was Beth Pritchard. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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