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Radio 4,29 Sep 2026,59 mins

Burnham pledges to scrap triple lock and change electoral system

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The Prime Minister says he's offering honesty, ideas, and a clear direction for the country - and that "more of the same isn’t good enough." In his first Labour party conference speech since taking over as leader, Andy Burnham made a number of big announcements, including that he will fight the next election pledging to scrap the existing triple lock on pension and to change Britain's electoral system. One of the PM's key allies, the First Secretary of State Louise Haigh, speaks to Evan. Andy Burnham said there will be a new National Care Service - the government's social care tsar Baroness Casey joins us. Plus, more news of the plans for AI giant Anthropic to list on the stock market, and an update on the RAF Fairford investigation.

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