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Parliament Recess Gives Burnham An 'Easy Out' On Defence | Anna Mikhailova
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11:53Now Playing“With something like defence, there's a very easy out for him on that right now, which is parliament isn't sitting.”
Prime minister Andy Burnham could be using parliament’s recess as an “easy” escape to avoid explaining how he will plug a £4 billion black hole in the defence budget, but his appointment of John Healey was a “statement of intent and a signal,” says Times Radio's political editor Anna Mikhailova.
Anna Mikhailova and Adam Boulton were speaking to Carole Walker, in for John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Friday, 4pm–7pm.
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