What is the best pub snack? As Andy Burnham and John Healey took up their positions in No.10 and No.11 last week, they took a break from the minutiae of running the country to discuss the biggest question potentially facing Brits today. They did so in a video released to promote their announcement of a 20% cut in pub business rates, which racked up two million views across Instagram and TikTok.The change in government has seen a new media strategy that is already winning much praise. “Labour’s comms has been in another league this week compared to what went before,” said The News Agents’ Lewis Goodall in response to the pub snacks video on X.
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