The Week: The Budget, a Trip to China, and the US Election
Newscast
10/18/24
•28m
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Adam, Chris, Paddy and Stephanie Flanders from Bloomberg discuss potential changes to inheritance tax which could be coming at the budget, why the Foreign Secretary is heading to China and look at the last few weeks of campaigning in the US Presidential election. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. 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 and Chris Mason. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Anna Harris. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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