Starmer, Sunak and Swearing In

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today, we recap the first meeting of the new parliament and the latest roll call of government appointments, as well as the new chair of the Conservative’s 1922 committee.

Adam is joined by Vicki Young to explain the day’s ceremonies, the latest government appointments, and the first House of Commons speeches by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and leader of the opposition Rishi Sunak.

And health secretary Wes Streeting met with the British Medical Association (BMA) to discuss junior doctor strikes. Adam is joined by Health Editor Hugh Pym to discuss the significance of the meeting - and what the new health secretary would have to do to bring an end to industrial action.

Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Sam McLaren and Gemma Roper. The assistant editor is Ben Mundy. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, we're going to have a bumper quick-fire episode of newscast because lots has been happening.
0:09.2	We've had the first official sitting of the new Parliament. We've had the first official
0:13.3	citing of Prime Minister Kirstormer and Leader of the Opposition Rischisunach in the
0:17.8	House of Commons. We've had loads of new appointments to government departments
0:21.4	including some newbies. We've had lots of
0:23.8	towing and throwing between the House of Commons and House of Lords. There's a new
0:27.2	chairman of the Backbench Committee for the Conservatives in 1922 Committee.
0:31.2	Also the race is hotting up to become deputy speaker of the House of Commons, and
0:36.0	where Streeting has made some progress but not a lot of progress in the long-running dispute
0:40.1	between junior doctors and the government in England. Should we get on with this episode then?
0:45.0	Newscast.
0:46.0	Newscast from the BBC.
0:48.0	Hello, it's Adam in the studio and making her first appearance in the new era in
0:55.9	which we live in politics is Vicky Young. Hello, Vicky.
0:58.5	Hello. So yeah, another exciting day at Parliament. Another first day of school.
1:03.4	They've had two first days of school this week.
1:05.2	This was the proper one.
1:06.6	This was the proper, this is like Assembly and everything.
1:09.2	Yeah, so just run us through sort of what was happening on Tuesday afternoon then.
1:12.8	Yeah, so this was really the mall sitting in the chamber in the House of Commons
1:17.3	for the first time. So it was the moment where you get Sir Keirstama walking in as Labour Prime Minister and of course the first
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