Cheat Sheet | Another manifesto breach? And the politicisation of US National Guard shooting
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🗓️ 28 November 2025
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A climbdown from the government over workers' rights. Is it another manifesto breach?
A member of the National Guard who was shot near the White House on Wednesday has died. It’s sparked a fiery debate over immigration in the US.
And an incredible story about one of the rarest operations you can have.
Anna Jones and Kamali Melbourne have the day's news, in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there and good morning. You're listening to Cheat Sheet, the podcast that cuts through the scroll, the shouting and the spin to bring you everything you need to know in just about 10 minutes. I'm Kamali Melbourne. |
| 0:13.4 | And I'm Anna Jones. It's Friday the 28th of November and this is what's happening today. |
| 0:17.3 | Well, there's been a climb down from the government over its workers' rights |
| 0:20.8 | bill, but the business secretary denies that it breaks another manifesto promise. Yeah, a member of |
| 0:26.5 | the National Guard who was shot near the White House on Wednesday has died. And we've got an |
| 0:31.6 | incredible story about one of the rarest operations that anyone can have. |
| 0:44.8 | Well, the government has U-turned on what was a key manifesto promise to protect workers from unfair dismissal on the first day that they got their new job. |
| 0:47.7 | The protection was, will be introduced after six months, that protection from unfair |
| 0:51.5 | dismissal after business leaders said it would put companies off |
| 0:55.2 | from hiring. They might have some backing behind that. Now, the bill was struggling to get through |
| 0:59.7 | the House of Lords, prompting the government to make this decision. Now, the TUC are on board, |
| 1:04.9 | but it's not gone down well with the Unite Union, which is a major donor to the party, of course. |
| 1:10.0 | Their boss, Sharon Graham, |
| 1:11.4 | says that the employment rights bill is now a shell of its former self. So look, they've decided |
| 1:16.5 | to make this decision, Anna, to row back slightly on this. But they will argue, as they have, |
| 1:23.0 | that many of the parts of the bill, including paternity leave and sick pay from day one, remain in place. |
| 1:30.6 | Well, yeah, and there is plenty in this bill that business isn't delighted about. |
| 1:34.9 | But this element of day one rights, as far as unfair dismissal goes, really was the worst of it, as far as many businesses were concerned. |
| 1:43.9 | And so there is a sense of |
| 1:44.8 | relief amongst business that this compromise has been reached. From the union's point of view, |
| 1:50.0 | a number of unions were involved in the talks that reached this compromise with business. And |
| 1:54.6 | their view appears to be that it was worth that compromise to get the whole bill over the line, to get it through |
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