Burnham's cabinet: Ed Miliband fails the smell test

• Who will be in Andy Burnham's cabinet? It looks like Ed Miliband will not be chancellor after all. We have scoops for you about who's in line for the big jobs in the Westminster cabinet reshuffle.
• Burnham needs to make room for allies like Louise Haigh and Lucy Powell, so who will be sacked on Monday when Burnham takes over as prime minister?
• Westminster is like a hornet's nest of briefing and counter-briefing as Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner, Dan Jarvis, Yvette Cooper and others wait to hear what next week will bring.
• David Lammy has organised a whip-round for Keir Starmer's rather odd leaving present.
• And what will Burnham do once he's in post? We look at his immediate priorities and the possibility of a mega fiscal event in the autumn.

Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times

Lara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times

Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times

Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson

Executive producer: Molly Guinness

Picture: Getty Images.

01:10 - Blocking Ed Miliband From Chancellor

02:30 - Why the City Doesn't Trust the "London Left"

03:50 - Will Miliband Accept a Demotion?

05:05 - The Brutal Briefing War Behind Closed Doors

06:40 - Defending the "Net Zero Zealot"

07:45 - Cabinet Jenga: Filling the Great Offices of State

09:25 - Angela Rayner & The "Day One" Loyalists

11:05 - The Starmer Purge: Who Is Getting Sacked?

12:45 - The Yvette Cooper Foreign Policy Question

15:05 - Secret Policy Clashes: Josh Simons vs. Miatta Fahnbulleh

17:15 - Angry Loyalists With "Nothing To Lose"

19:40 - Starmer’s Bizarre Leaving Present

21:30 - Flying to the World Cup Final

22:35 - Burnham's Radical Plan for the Cost of Living

25:00 - The Warning Over a "Mega Budget" & Wealth Taxes

26:15 - North vs. South: The Growing Regional Rebellion

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