Burnham’s Upcoming £7bn Crisis: Hospitals, Schools and Roads On The Chopping Block

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“It’s going to be really hard to make these trade-offs.” If Andy Burnham does become the next prime minister, he will have to identify £7 billion in spending cuts in order to fund defence spending, which will affect every government department, says Terry Stiasny. Terry Stiasny was speaking to Calum Macdonald in for John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, from 4-7pm. 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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