Sunak's Speech Against Extremism + What to Expect in the Budget
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03/02/24
•28m
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Today, we reflect on Rishi Sunak’s statement outside Downing Street on extremism and we look ahead to next week’s budget.
Laura and Paddy break down the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday evening and explain what he was trying to achieve with it.
And the budget will be announced on Wednesday afternoon, and it is reportedly, not going to be a budget that the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, would have hoped for at the start of the year. To explain why, Laura and Paddy are joined by the BBC’s economics editor, Faisal Islam.
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 Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Gray with Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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