UK Bans (Some) Arms Sales to Israel

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today we look at what’s on the political agenda as Parliament returns.

Adam and Chris discuss the government’s decision to suspend some arms exports to Israel and explore the introduction of a new system for grading schools in England. Plus are the Labour backbenches gearing up for a rebellion? An early day motion has been tabled proposing delaying changes to the Winter Fuel Payment.

And, there are growing concerns about violent and hateful content being pushed into the social media feeds of young boys. Adam is joined by Marianna Spring, who has been investigating what tech companies are doing (or not doing) to stop harmful content ending up in our feeds.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Gray with Gemma Roper and Anna Harris. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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