Summary
Rishi Sunak makes what he says is the final offer on pay rises for the public sector. But what’s on the table, and where’s the money coming from? Chris and Faisal join Adam to discuss the government’s offer and the response from the unions.
Also, Sofia Bettiza, BBC reporter in Rome, and Mike Berners-Lee, climate scientist, discuss the heatwaves engulfing southern Europe and parts of the US.
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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tim Walklate with Miranda Slade and Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The senior news editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, I've been moonlighting today, which some of you spotted or not spotted heard, |
| 0:09.9 | because I was presenting the PM programme on Radio 4. |
| 0:12.6 | Hello, Independent Advice Received, offer made on Public Sector Pay. |
| 0:18.4 | Obviously today's big story is the government announcing that they are accepting the recommendations |
| 0:23.3 | of the Independent Pay review bodies, so that was our top story on PM and the guy from |
| 0:28.1 | the Institute for Physical Studies was there. Unfortunately, the next guest was not. |
| 0:33.1 | Right, now let's talk to Meg Hillier, who's chair of the Public Accounts Committee in |
| 0:37.7 | the House of Commons. Hi, Meg. Have we got Meg Hillier? Maybe we're going to have to |
| 0:45.1 | bring back Ben Zoranko and talk about more of the huge OBR report, which was a couple |
| 0:49.0 | of hundred pages. So if he was still there, we'd still have some things to talk about. |
| 0:52.7 | It's interesting though, isn't it? So after that, to fill the time while we try to find |
| 0:56.1 | Meg Hillier, I just had to blag it about the economy. But because I've been talking about |
| 0:59.9 | that sort of stuff on this podcast with you guys for years and years and years, I did |
| 1:03.8 | it seamlessly. At least that's how I thought it went. I'm not sure all the PM listeners |
| 1:08.4 | would have agreed. But we're going to stick with that story about Public Sector Pay at |
| 1:12.1 | the start of this episode of Newscast. |
| 1:13.9 | Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:16.4 | He got trounced by the former Prime Minister, who herself got beaten by a letter. |
| 1:21.0 | At least I didn't slap anybody, which is good. |
| 1:23.8 | Larb Larb Larb. |
| 1:24.8 | It's the Guardian reading. |
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