Summary
As MPs go on their holidays, to the sounds of NHS apps pinging, we get an end of term report. Adam and Laura have Liz Kendall MP and Gavin Barwell, who used to be Theresa May's chief of staff, to chat through the priorities for the government by the time MPs return.
It's also a big goodbye to our editor Dino, who departs for new shores, but don't worry we're not going anywhere!
This episode of Newscast was made by Rick Kelsey with producers Joel Massey and Caitlin Hanrahan.The editor is Dino Sofos.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Well they call this, what is it taking out the trash day in Parliament |
| 0:07.2 | when you just like flood Parliament with announcements and papers and reports and |
| 0:11.8 | inquiries and all that stuff. |
| 0:13.4 | And hope that everyone's so excited about going on holiday |
| 0:15.3 | that they don't read any of them. |
| 0:16.5 | Yeah, well, we're gonna never happen. |
| 0:18.8 | We're gonna do the good podcast equivalent |
| 0:21.8 | of just telling you what you need to know that's happened this |
| 0:24.4 | week on this edition of newscast. |
| 0:26.1 | Newscast. |
| 0:27.1 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:28.8 | It will take some time before we figure out what our new normal is. |
| 0:33.0 | Now if that is the argument, then we are going into unprecedented territory. |
| 0:37.4 | Combined with contact testing, |
| 0:41.2 | testing, tracing, for you. Yes. Yes. I'm a vegan so of course I don't like meatballs. Next slide please. Blair, Blair, Blair, |
| 0:49.9 | lose. Loose, lose. lose, lose. |
| 0:53.7 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio. |
| 0:55.2 | And Laura in the studio, and we are still two meters apart. |
| 0:57.8 | Yeah, even though legally we don't need to be anymore. |
| 0:59.7 | Yes, but I think like lots of people are still taking precautions, you know, |
| 1:03.0 | lots of people are still running masks everywhere. |
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