Newscast – Andy Burnham appoints his new cabinet

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Today, with the extra help of this newscast, we look at Andy Burnham’s cabinet – the called and the fired – as he assembles his team for his first day as Prime Minister. Among the announcements, Adam and Chris discuss John Healey’s surprise appointment as chancellor – as well as Shabana Mahmoud keeping her role at the Home Office and Ed Miliband as foreign secretary. Now you can listen to Newscast on smart speaker. If you want to listen, say “Ask BBC Voice to play a news broadcast”. Works on most modern speakers. Join our Newscast online community here https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes are released daily. If you’re in the UK, for more BBC news and current affairs podcasts, listen to BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the BBC’s current political news. The presenter was Adam Fleming. Produced by Anna Harris. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The news editor is Sam Bonham.

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