The Prime Minister on Newscast

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Adam and Chris speak to the Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who’s in the studio.

He opens up on “headwinds” and “choppy moments” in his first 100 days, and three priorities for the budget.

We also hear what slogan he has printed on his wallet, how the Starmers have adjusted to family life in Downing Street, and what Donald Trump ate for dinner when they met last month.

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 and Chris Mason. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Chris Flynn, Miranda Slade and Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.5	Prime Minister, welcome to the newscast studio.
0:06.7	Thank you for having me.
0:07.7	You're very welcome.
0:08.9	We'll talk loads about what you've been up to and some of the ups and downs in the last
0:12.0	hundred days.
0:12.7	But first, I just wanted to give newscasters an insight into what it is actually like
0:17.2	being a Prime Minister, because not many people get to do that job.
0:21.2	How do you sort of convey what it's like?
0:25.0	It's a real privilege because you get the chance to take decisions that make a big difference to people's lives.
0:35.0	And that is hugely a privilege.
0:39.8	It's what I came into politics to do.
0:42.4	For me, it's been much tougher than anything I've done
0:47.9	before, but much better. I came into politics relatively late in life having spent a lot of time as a lawyer and
0:57.0	that was slightly unusual because a lot of people come in earlier than me.
1:00.7	I came in because I decided in my own mind that I wanted to go to politics, I wanted
1:05.6	to make a difference, I wanted to improve the country, improves people's lives, and then I got stuck
1:11.2	in opposition for nine long years where how much you convince
1:15.8	yourself in opposition that you're making a material difference.
1:19.3	Oh yeah because you're not really.
1:21.6	So this is this this this coming into Not really.
1:23.0	this coming into power, becoming Prime Minister, having now, what, 100 days, has been, you know, really why I came into politics.
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