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Today, we discuss the economic challenges Andy Burnham is facing ahead of his first budget.
The economic backdrop has left the prime minister and his Chancellor John Healey with big decisions to make about defence spending, as pressure increases on the government to raise it. Adam Fleming is joined by economics editor Faisal Islam and Helen Miller, director at the IFS to discuss the options for the government.
Plus, the BBC’s technology and AI editor Zoe Kleinman is the first British journalist to hail a self-driving Uber in London. She’s in the studio to debrief on what the journey was like, and how quickly the technology is evolving.
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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 Miranda Slade with Shiler Mahmoudi and Nik Sindle. The social producers were Joe Wilkinson and Beth Pritchard. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, Andy Burnham faced his first PMQs, and Nigel Farage has told Chris the UK is a "complainants' society" after questions about Reform’s funding.
Adam and Chris unpack Chris’ first interview with Nigel Farage after he returned to parliament as the re-elected MP for Clacton on Tuesday. They discuss his response to continuing questions about the £5m he received from a crypto billionaire before becoming an MP, plus whether Andy Burnham’s premiership is a threat to Reform. Farage has said the £5m was a personal gift and did not therefore require registration under the rules.
And Andy Burnham has faced Kemi Badenoch in his debut appearance at PMQs. Does the new Prime Minister seem like a breath of fresh air, or is it already a return to politics as usual?
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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 Miranda Slade with Shiler Mahmoudi and Nik Sindle. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, after standing down as Prime Minister earlier this summer, Keir Starmer has decided to announce his resignation as MP for Holborn and St Pancras.
It comes on Andy Burnham’s first day addressing MPs in the House of Commons as Prime Minister. Was the timing deliberate, or coincidental?
Prime Minister Burnham has returned to the House of Commons after Summer Recess promising to 'unlock a feeling of positivity and possibility' - but what issues are awaiting the new-ish prime minister? Adam and Chris are back together on Newscast to unpack it all.
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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 Jack Maclaren with Shiler Mahmoudi . The social producer was. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, we hear what it was like to be inside the leave and remain camps from those who managed the campaigns behind the scenes.
Sir Craig Oliver, who was in charge of communications for the Remain campaign, and chief executive of Vote Leave Matthew Elliott meet for the first time in the Newscast studio.
This is the second of two episodes looking back at 2016. In it, we hear whether either of them have a new perspective on old arguments over how much money we gave to the EU and Turkey’s membership. And, what would they have done differently?
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The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, we hear what it was like to be inside the leave and remain camps from those who managed the campaigns behind the scenes.
Sir Craig Oliver, who was in charge of communications for the Remain campaign, and chief executive of Vote Leave Matthew Elliott meet for the first time in the Newscast studio.
This is the first of two episodes looking back at 2016. In it, we hear how each of the campaigns were trying to convince Boris Johnson to join them, and about the moment he told David Cameron he’d be on the leave side.
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New episodes are released every day.
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The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Anna Harris. The social producer was Jem Westgate. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.