
“Above all of this, it’s really about what is Burnham’s direction for the country.” Whilst Ed Miliband is “perfectly capable of being chancellor”, if he were appointed to the role the public would spend more “talking about what Ed Miliband wants rather than what Andy Burnham wants, says director at Social Market Foundation Theo Bertram. Theo Betram and Alys Denby were speaking to Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. Listen live every Friday 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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