A Striking Dilemma
Newscast
12/06/22
•31m
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Could the strikes this winter spell trouble for the government? Adam and Chris speak to Alan Jones, industrial correspondent for the Press Association about what's behind the industrial action that's taking place and what impact these strikes could have.
Also, the BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan discusses what he’s found out about the role accents play in social mobility for his new documentary ‘How to Crack the Class Ceiling’.
This episode of Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming and made by Tim Walklate with Emma Jacobs, Miranda Slade and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Mike Regaard and the assistant editor was Louisa Lewis.
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