Is ‘Working People’ Working For Labour?

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4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today, with just three days to go until the ‘bazooka’ Autumn Budget is announced, Laura, Adam and Henry chat about what to expect from Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Plus Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson announced her plans to rebuild schools and find those extra 6,500 teachers - but Labour’s ‘working person’ definition row rumbles on.

And we also hear from the Remoter voters, who are gearing up to cast their ballot in the US election.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming and Laura Kuenssberg. It was made by Keiligh Baker with Adam Chowdhury. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Adam Remotor has gone global.
0:06.4	Yeah, it's had a glow up for the American elections to become even bigger.
0:09.6	We're doing Remoter USA, and so just to remind newscasters, this is our, some might call it a gimmick. Motor general election it was a starting success we're now doing it for the American election and we split it
0:24.4	into remote voters so people who are not that far away remoter voters people are
0:29.9	further away and the remotest voters. So here we go. This is Remotor
0:34.4	USA Sunday edition. Right, our remote voter is Nancy in Wisconsin. She says
0:40.8	I'm registered as an overseas voter because London is my primary residence.
0:45.0	However, I may be the closest remoter because actually I'm currently living a two minute walk from the polling station in Wisconsin.
0:54.0	However, I'm required to put my overseas ballot in the post.
0:57.3	I'm not allowed to drop it off in person.
1:00.2	Love your podcast.
1:01.2	It always makes me smile from Nancy. So Nancy lives in Wisconsin
1:05.2	but is registered to vote in London but is having to send her thing in the... Anyway, right?
1:09.3	It's quite a headband, isn't it? Okay, next one. Hi Adam, I live in Cambridge, UK and vote in the US
1:14.3	elections in Contra Costa County in California.
1:16.8	You have such a good name.
1:17.8	Contra Costa County in California, that's brilliant.
1:20.3	Google tells me it's 5,300 miles from Cambridge.
1:23.0	Last week I posted my vote in the sixth presidential election I voted in remotely.
1:28.0	I'm a dual US UK citizen and have lived in the UK sensitive.
1:31.0	I was five in 1989. only been back to California once
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