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Defence Secretary resigns over spending, Burnham flirts with WASPI spending and thousands of fans rejected at the US border

21 min · 12 de jun de 2026
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Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2612946/fan_mail/new] John Healey resigned as defence secretary on Thursday after months of tension with Sir Keir Starmer over funding for an uplift in spending on the armed forces. Politics and Economics Reporter, Mauricio Alencar, breaks down the figures.  Meanwhile, Andy Burnham  suggested he would support more than 3.5m women who are seeking compensation, hinting at a billions of pounds spending commitment if he enters Downing Street. Alys Denby joins us to discuss.  Plus: thousands of fans are turned away at the US border in as the World Cup gets under way.

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