Newscast – Andy Burnham Appoints His New Cabinet

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Today, in this extra helping of Newscast, we look at Andy Burnham’s cabinet – who’s been called up and who’s been sacked – as he assembles his team on his first day as prime minister.

Amongst the announcements, Adam and Chris discuss the surprise appointment of John Healey as chancellor – as well as Shabana Mahmood keeping her role at the Home Office and Ed Miliband moving to foreign secretary.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Anna Harris. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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