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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 C...
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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. The Hello, that hubbub you can hear is the sound of conferencing because I'm at Liverpool on the banks of the River Mersey where Labour is meeting for their annual conference.
And it is absolutely rammed with activists, so many lobbyists and business people as well. And you can tell there is a buzz here and a vibe that didn't exist last time around when Keir Starmer was Prime Minister and his leadership was already in trouble. And I promised I was not going to say the V word while covering Andy Burnham anymore,
But it actually is quite an important thing. And you can just sense in the air that Labour types are just much more chipper with him in charge than with Keir Starmer. So here is another episode of Newscast coming to you from Labour Party Conference.
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