Sir Keir Starmer has resigned, and all eyes are on Andy Burnham as likely new Prime Minister. On The Times Business podcast, Richard Fletcher, business editor of The Times, and Mehreen Khan, economics editor at the paper, join the show to examine what a new Prime Minister might do for the UK economy, the business community and the world of entrepreneurship.

Andy Burnham was educated at Cambridge and previously worked as a journalist at two trade publications - Tank World and Passenger World Management - before going into politics. He became an MP in 2001, and had ministerial jobs under Gordon Brown. He tried twice for the Labour leadership in 2010 and 2015, and went on to become Mayor of Greater Manchester. Now, after winning the Makerfield by-election, he is all but the anointed successor to Starmer.

In this episode, we examine what business should expect from our likely new leader and, crucially, who will be his chancellor?

"Keir Starmer was not interested in economics - he had no political economy; Andy Burnham does. We're not really sure what it is, but he does care," journalist Mehreen Khan says on the show. "But the relationship between Number 10 and Number 11 has always been the crux of how this country governs itself … I would probably argue it probably doesn't matter so much if it's Miliband or Wes Streeting [for chancellor]."

"I think the idea that there is this huge ideological gap between them is not gonna be true because actually it's gonna be Burnham that is driving much more policy from Number 10, and his chancellor will just have to bend to his will because he's the most popular politician in the country."

Presenters:

• Hannah Prevett, associate business editor of The Sunday Times
• Dominc O’Connell, Times columnist and Times Radio business reporter

Guests:

• Richard Fletcher, Business Editor, The Times
• Mehreen Khan, Economics Editor, The Times

Producer: Hope Federico

Executive Producer: Miriam Hall

Photo credit: Getty

Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com

Clips: Sky News, PoliticsJOE, The Independent, TimesRadio, BBC News, BBC News (Newscast)

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What will it take to see growth in the British economy again? In this bonus episode of The Business, Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, sets out her answer.

Recorded live at The Times CEO Summit, which brings together business leaders and policy makers to discuss current economic challenges and opportunities, Badenoch joined Fraser Nelson to talk growth, regulation and the future of Britain's economy.

Badenoch reflects on the Conservative Party's path back to power, and Labour's record  of treating business "as if it's a problem to be managed rather than an asset to be championed."

In this live interview with Times columnist, Fraser Nelson, Badenoch says the UK needs an "economic revolution" to reverse years of stagnation, outlining plans to cut red tape, lower energy costs and encourage greater risk-taking across business and government.

Presenter:

Fraser Nelson, Times Columnist

Guest:

Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Opposition

Producer: Hope Federico

Executive Producer: Miriam Hall

Photo credit: Getty

Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com

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This week on The Business, our sister series, The Times Tech Podcast is taking over the feed. Find full episodes wherever you get your podcasts.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a ban on social media for under-16s, due to come into effect next year. But questions remain over how it will be enforced, and whether it will actually work. Mark Sellman joins Katie Prescott to answer the key questions.

In the US, the Trump administration has banned two of Anthropic’s most powerful AI models which include the controversial 'Mythos', intensifying calls for Europe to build sovereign AI systems of its own. If America can restrict access to critical AI technology at short notice, what does that mean for the rest of the world? Plus, Katie has been at Founders Forum, where she interviewed Katie King, the founder and CEO of BioOrbit, a company building a pharmaceutical lab in space to transform the way we treat cancer.

Do you agree with the social media ban? Get in touch: techpod@thetimes.co.uk

Producers: Marnie Duke & Ethan Sills

Executive Producer: Priyanka Deladia

Image: Getty

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