Burnham Faces Left-Wing Revolt Over Mahmood As Chancellor

“He’s not even through the door yet, and we’re already seeing that pledge of party unity come under quite a lot of pressure.” Andy Burnham faces the prospect of leading a broad-church government that would be very difficult to keep in check. Those on the left are “already unhappy” about the possibility of Shabana Mahmood becoming chancellor, says HuffPost UK political editor Kevin Schofield. Kevin Schofield was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Friday to Sunday, from 6am to 10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes   Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes