The Week: Andrew Arrested, New Cabinet Secretary & Jenrick Economics
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Today Adam, Alex Forsyth, Joe Pike and pollster Luke Tryl look back at the week in Westminster; starting with Thursday morning's news that the King’s brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, had been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office.
Plus, they discuss the appointment of Antonia Romeo to the role of cabinet secretary and our first look at Reform UK’s new economic policy.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, we've just recorded our episode of Newscast, which is broadcast on BBC One on Thursday night after question time, and which now appears here in your podcast feed on Friday. You will hear a moment of breaking news happening just as we were recording it, which is Prince Andrew, |
| 0:21.4 | formerly Prince Andrew, Mountbat in Windsor, being released from the police station where he'd been |
| 0:27.4 | held in custody throughout the day on Thursday, where he's under investigation for misconduct |
| 0:32.9 | in public office. Thames Valley Police put out a statement as we were recording saying that he'd been |
| 0:38.7 | released under investigation and that they had finished searching some of his properties, |
| 0:44.3 | but some of the searches would continue and that there'd be no further updates on the investigation |
| 0:48.6 | in the very short term. And a photographer managed to snatch a photo of Prince Andrew in the back of the car |
| 0:56.7 | as he was driven away from the police station. And that flashed up on my laptop as we were talking. |
| 1:02.0 | And it's quite a dramatic image because it's one of those classic pap photos where the person is |
| 1:07.6 | kind of hunkered down in the back of the car, looks like they don't really want to be seen. |
| 1:12.0 | The brightness of the flashbulbs makes them look really, really, really pale. |
| 1:17.9 | And he's caught in a moment where he just looks kind of a bit horrified. |
| 1:22.6 | Or if he's not horrified, then I think maybe a lot of people looking at the picture and just how it feels, maybe they'll feel a little bit horrified about his appearance. |
| 1:33.0 | And we will be talking in this episode about some of the political and constitutional implications of the fact that the King's brother, eighth in line to the throne, Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor, was today in police custody. |
| 1:45.9 | So that is some of what you'll hear on this episode of Newscast. |
| 1:49.4 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:51.7 | Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. |
| 1:54.6 | I was the tattletail in the class. |
| 1:56.0 | Can I have an apology, please? |
| 1:57.3 | I trust almost nobody. |
| 1:58.9 | That daddy has to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow. I feel delulu with no salulu. Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. And it's Alex in the studio. It's Joe Pike, also in the studio. And welcome back. Luke Trill, the executive director of More In Common. Hello, Luke. Hi, it's great to be here. What sort of research |
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