The UK’s flagship daily news podcast from the BBC, Newscast dives into the day’s big stories so you’re never out of your depth. Newscast picks the brains of BBC News experts so you’re ready if someone picks yours, covering the latest developments in politics in Westminster and beyond, what the cost of living means for the money in your pocket and the impact of climate change. Can Rishi Sunak turn the Conservatives fortunes around? Will Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party win the next general election? Newscast will give you all the best insights from BBC News so you’re across all the day’s top stories. Newscast is hosted by trusted journalists including Adam Fleming, BBC Political Editor Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. Joined by special guests, including Lyse Doucet, Katya Adler, Marianna Spring, John Simpson and Victoria Derbyshire among others.In this election year, Newscast will track all the developments from Westminster - as well as following all the big developments around the world, from the race to the White House, to the war in Ukraine...
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What REALLY Happens at Party Conferences?
Paddy is joined by Salma Shah, former Conservative adviser, and Marie Le Conte, political journalist, to discuss party conference season which begins today. What happens at a conference? Who are party conferences for? And is this all about ‘electioneering’? They also discuss the latest policy announcements from the government, the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats. And Newscasters send in their thoughts on political slogans. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today’s Newscast was presented by Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Miranda Slade. The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall. 00:00 A Newscaster writes 01:57 Policy analysis 19:38 Slogans 21:29 Behind the scenes at party conferences