An interest rate rise... and Rob Delaney
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11/03/22
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The Bank of England expects the UK to fall into the longest ever recession. Stephanie Flanders, Head of Bloomberg Economics, and Claer Barrett, Consumer Editor at Financial Times, talk it all through.
Also, American comedian Rob Delaney speaks movingly about the loss of his young son, and why he’s chosen to write about it.
This episode of Newscast is presented by Adam Fleming and the BBC’s political editor, Chris Mason. It was made by Chris Flynn, Paige Neal-Holder and Danny Wittenberg. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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This episode of Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming and made by Tim Walklate with Maddie Drury and Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Mike Regaard and the assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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