Welfare, solar
Any Questions? and Any Answers?

Welfare, solar

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 26, 202640 min
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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. I am Alexelia Pisterfi. Good afternoon. Welcome to Any Answers. We've got a lot to talk about. Andy Burnham is in Liverpool this weekend for his first Labour conference as Prime Minister.

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And the stakes are high. This week he told the United Nations that Britain is back. He also sat down with Donald Trump who called the Che Gost deal terrible but said the two men could do business. So, the question that was posed, has the mayor become a statesman? And what about domestic politics? There are uncomfortable choices ahead. The welfare budget, energy security,

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resilience plans. Is he the man for the moment? Is Andy Burnham the Prime Minister you thought he would be? Is he doing enough to boost growth, for example? There's a former Labour business secretary who this morning says, no, he's not. So, I really want to hear from you. If he voted labour, what does he need to say in Liverpool to keep you? 03700, 100, 444. And thanks to the

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