
Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, is likely to be the next British prime minister following Keir Starmer’s resignation. Central to Burnham’s platform is improving living standards that have stagnated or even fallen since the 2008 global financial crisis. But with weak public finances, how realistic is his plan? FRANCE 24’s Charles Pellegrin talks to Renaud Foucart, senior lecturer in economics at Lancaster University.
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