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Nov 24, 2024 29 min

Will Labour’s Plan For Work, Work?

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Today, we look at the government’s plans to cut, what the Prime Minister has called, the “bulging benefits bill”. Speaking to Laura on her Sunday morning show - the Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall outlined Labour’s plan “to get Britain working”. Laura, Paddy and Nick Watt of Newsnight discuss how similar this approach is to the previous governments. And, how will it be received by their own party? Plus, COP29 ended with richer countries agreeing to pay developing nations $300 billion a year by 2035 to help them tackle climate change. The negotiations overran by 30 hours and the deal has been criticised as “too little, too late”. Host of the BBC’s Climate Question podcast Graihagh Jackson joins to discuss. 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. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Adam Chowdhury. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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