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Today, Adam and Chris interview the Chancellor John Healey at Labour party conference following his first speech in the role.
In his speech, the chancellor announced £6bn of new contracts for British shipyards, which he said would help defend the UK in the long term, and emphasised the need to reindustrialise Britain and get more young people into work.
But amidst a tough global economic picture, the chancellor is under pressure with UK diesel hitting an all-time high price. Plus, could the triple lock pension pledge be scrapped to help fund other things? Adam and Chris break down what he had to say.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Anna Harris and Miranda Slade with Shiler Mahmoudi. The social producer Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The technical producer was Johnny Hall. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, we look at Andy Burnham’s plans for a national care service for England.
In the prime minister’s first Sunday morning interview of his tenure, he told Laura that he would connect the care system to the NHS, and make it free at the point of use, but not before the next General Election.
Laura, Paddy, and Joe Pike look at how it would work and how much it would cost.
They also talk through other interesting things to come out of the conversation, including Burnham’s refusal to commit to bringing the welfare bill down, and support for a third runway at Heathrow.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. The weekend editor is Chris Flynn. the producer was Adam Chowdhury. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The technical producer in London was Jonny Hall. Thanks to Andy Millar and the tech team in Liverpool. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Laura's been speaking to Prime Minister Andy Burnham in Liverpool, ahead of the Labour Party conference.
This is the interview in full, in which he proposes national care service in England, refuses to commit to backing a third runway at Heathrow, and condemns masked protesters.
Laura, Paddy, and Joe Pike will be analysing what the PM said in an episode to follow in your Newscast feed.

Today, ahead of Labour conference, we look out senior Labour figures trying to pull the party their way.
Former business secretary Peter Kyle has said Andy Burnham's government is not focused enough on boosting economic growth and needs to act with "more urgency".
Angela Rayner has criticised Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s plans on immigration, specifically on indefinite leave to remain.
And former Home Office minister Mike Tapp has called for more action over small boat arrivals.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Adam Chowdhury. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Ricardo McCarthy. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

In this bonus episode of Newscast, Laura speaks to the (relatively) new BBC Director General Matt Brittin as he looks for £500m in savings.
He explains where he thinks he might find them, how he thinks the organisation should respond to changes in viewing and listening, and whether AI could or should help.
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