Sunak’s General Election Selection
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01/04/24
•28m
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Today, we look at Rishi Sunak’s hints of an autumn election and Keir Starmer’s New Year’s speech.
Did the prime minister steal the Labour leader’s political thunder with his election announcement? Adam and Chris discuss Keir Starmer’s plan to convince people that change is possible and what Rishi Sunak’s ‘working assumption’ really means.
And Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyle MP talks about Labour’s plans for the economy, AI and the Post Office scandal. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Andrew Mills. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.
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