557. Can Burnham Really Deliver Britain’s Biggest Change in Forty Years?
The Rest Is Politics
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Can Andy Burnham, in a single term or less, fix problems like social care that are generations in the making?
Is his new push for vocational education a long-overdue fix for Britain's broken skills system, or a betrayal of the working-class kids who have the most to gain from a rigorous academic education?
As wildfires tear through France and Spain, have we already passed the climate and nature tipping point?
Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more.
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