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There’s less than a week to go until this year’s autumn statement and the Chancellor has been keeping things tightly under wraps. Adam, Alex, Chris and Faisal get together in the Newscast studio to discuss what might be in John Healey’s budget and what it could mean for the UK economy. 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. Get in touch with Newscast by emailing [email protected] or send us...
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Hello, this is your weekly review of the week's news from Newscast, which we recorded on Thursday evening and which was first broadcast on BBC One after Question Time, but is now here as a podcast for you to listen to. But before we do that, a very, very important update.
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