Farmer v Starmer

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today, we look at a protest in Westminster by farmers over inheritance tax changes announced in the Budget. Around 10,000 people are believed to have attended a rally in Whitehall today protesting changes to inheritance tax. From April 2026, inherited agricultural assets worth more than £1m will be liable to tax. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he understands the concerns, but says the “vast majority” of farms will be unaffected. Plus, Ukraine has fired US-supplied long range missiles at a target inside Russian territory for the first time. Adam is joined by Ukraine Correspondent James Waterhouse. 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 Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor Chris Gray. The senior News editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:04.7	Hello, on Sunday's episode of Newscast, Laura and Paddy were speculating about whether a minister for spoons exists in the government.
0:12.8	Some of the other ones, a minister for spoons.
0:14.9	Absolutely.
0:16.5	Do you know, somewhere in somebody's list, there will be a minister for spoons.
0:21.7	Well, there is a minister for spoons, and she listens to Newscast, and she's very nifty with a voice note.
0:27.6	Hi, Newscast, it's Sarah Jones here.
0:30.0	I was listening to Sunday's episode, and I guess I can claim the Minister for Spoons title.
0:36.4	I'm the Minister for Industry, working on our industrial
0:39.3	strategy to create jobs across the country, and I represent all the brilliant industries we
0:44.1	have in the UK, including companies that make cutlery. So unless anyone else has claimed it,
0:49.6	I'm very proud to. Thank you very much to the Minister for Spoons for revealing herself.
0:53.8	I also think a new
0:55.6	newscast gimmick may have just been born, which is relatively new government ministers discovering
1:01.0	interesting bits of their portfolio that the rest of us might not quite believe, but which
1:05.6	turn out to be quite important and quite interesting. You know where to send your voice notes,
1:09.3	if that's you, Minister. It's
1:11.1	0-330-123-9-4-80. So with the mystery of the Minister for Spoons solved, let's find out what else is
1:19.9	happening in today's news on this episode of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. I like landscapes.
1:26.7	You have a bright future behind you.
1:28.3	You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
1:30.4	We're effectively run in this country by a bunch of childless cat ladies.
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