Three King’s Speech Takeaways
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11/07/23
•33m
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King Charles has set out the government’s agenda for the year. We look at what it could mean in practice.
Adam and Chris are joined by Danny Shaw to discuss plans to bring in tougher sentences on some serious crimes.
There were also housing policy plans announced, making it harder for landlords to evict tenants and changes to the leasehold system England and Wales. Vicky Spratt helps make sense of what it means.
And, Adam talks to Financial Times technology reporter Cristina Criddle about a new bill the government hopes will pave the way for driverless cars in the UK. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Alex Collins, Gemma Roper and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Matt Hewitt. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.
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