Could A Brexit Reset Mean A New Single Market? (Live At Hay Festival)
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Today, Newscast is looking reports that the UK proposed establishing a single market for goods trade with the EU as part of the next phase of its Brexit reset.
Plus, two weeks on from the results, what have the elections meant for Wales?
Adam is joined by Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor of the Economist and Felicity Evans, host of Walescast live at the Hay book festival. Plus Emma Freud, host of The Archers Podcast drops by to compare shows.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, we are at the Hay Festival |
| 0:09.0 | where we're surrounded by bookworms, book writers, |
| 0:13.0 | and we're here in a tent with some newscasters. |
| 0:16.0 | Hello! |
| 0:17.0 | Oh! |
| 0:19.0 | I'm glad you said hello but I knew you would |
| 0:22.2 | so just to set the scene |
| 0:24.1 | for those of you who are not here |
| 0:26.2 | we are in a tent this is the BBC's tent |
| 0:28.4 | here at this festival loads of other BBC programs are here |
| 0:30.8 | so the Today program was broadcast |
| 0:32.3 | live from here on Saturday morning |
| 0:35.1 | and then Adrian Childs was in here |
| 0:36.6 | and then Marianna's coming to |
| 0:37.9 | do conspiracy land and all sorts of big BBC programs are happening here and this small BBC |
| 0:43.7 | outlet as well. So we're here for a couple of days. Today we'll do a kind of classic episode of |
| 0:49.4 | newscast where we talk about some of the day's news and some of the themes that are in the news |
| 0:53.3 | with some friends of the podcast. Then on Sunday, Alex Roussithe will be here and we're going to be interviewing Baroness Casey, Louise Casey, who has done so many reviews and looked at so many complicated issues for various governments. And we'd love to hear your questions for her. So you can email us, newscast at BBC.co.uk. |
| 1:11.8 | Or you can WhatsApp us on 0-330-123-9-480. |
| 1:17.9 | And then we will do another episode of Newscast on Monday. |
| 1:21.5 | Now, here in the tent, there's a QR code |
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