Evening briefing Monday 20th July

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0:47Meanwhile, John Healy becomes Chancellor. The former Defence Secretary, who resigned from Sakhir Starmer's top team overspending, replaces Rachel Reeves as Head of the Treasury. Times Radio's political editor, Anna Mihailova, is outside Downing Street where she attended a briefing about that appointment. Andy Burnham and John Healy have the same outlook, not only on the need to maintain economic stability and the current fiscal rules, but on re-industrialisation, devolution, helping people with the cost of living crisis and backing British jobs and British industry to drive growth across the country.

1:21So that is the message coming out about that appointment. John Healy, of course, has already been Treasury Minister before under Gordon Brown. The new PM is announcing his government just hours after getting the keys to number 10. Mr Burnham says he's going to make politics work by taking power out of Westminster and putting it into every postcode. He's making ending rough sleeping his top priority as well as easing the cost of living. We will take power out of here and carry it into every postcode in the land so that they can do more. and in doing more, build a new economy where we put life's essentials back under stronger public control to make them affordable to you again.

2:09Earlier, Sir Keir Starmer was cheered and applauded as he left Number 10 for the final time as Prime Minister. Joshua Kerry, who's 28 and from Rotherham, has been charged with the murder of former Conservative Minister Anne Whittacombe, The 78-year-old, who was also a Reform UK spokeswoman, was found dead at her home in Devon earlier this month. Kerry is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court tomorrow. One of England's all-time great footballers, Kevin Keegan, has died at the age of 75 after battling cancer. His family were with him in his final moments. He was a Newcastle, Liverpool and Hamburg legend, and also managed Newcastle, Fulham, Manchester City and the England national team.

2:52Keegan gave former Sunderland player Mickey Gray his England debut. A brilliant man and what he achieved throughout his career and even as a manager as well. I mean, he galvanised the North East. What he brought to Newcastle Football Club was absolutely sensational. Newcastle say they're devastated at Kevin Keegan's death, saying he was the beating heart of Newcastle for generations of supporters. And FIFA is launching disciplinary proceedings after violent scenes involving Argentina players following their World Cup final defeat to Spain. Leandro Paredes was sent off after the final whistle, with other players and officials also under investigation.

3:31There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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