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Former Made in Chelsea star and maternity campaigner Louise Thompson quizzed the UK health secretary on a newly announced maternity commissioner role.

Thompson said she was “infantalised’ during a traumatic labour.

James Murray said he will set out the scope for the role “in the next few weeks” before getting it into legislation “as quickly as possible”.

It comes after a government-commissioned review found the NHS maternity care system in England is “not fit for the now and not fit for the future”.

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Today we look at what Andy Burnham’s plan for the UK economy is.

We reveal what he’s expected to say in a speech on the economy on Monday, who the people advising him on it are, and who he might make chancellor.

Victoria Derbyshire is in for Laura. She and Paddy are joined by economics editor Faisal Islam, who’s been looking at what a Burnham Treasury might look like.

00:00 What’s Burnham’s economic plan?
00:04:07 Victoria’s interview with Burnham, the fiscal rules moment
00:07:37 Breaking down Burnham’s answer to the fiscal rules question
00:12:24 What might he say about the economy on Monday?
00:17:46 What can we learn about Burnham’s economic views from his book?
00:20:02 The churn of Prime Ministers in the UK
00:23:39 Who is in the chancellor race?
00:28:05 Bringing in James Purnell as his chief of staff
00:34:44 Burnham’s beliefs

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