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The Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he would welcome an "honest discussion" about the prospect of returning to free movement between the UK and European Union.
In an interview with the Sunday Times political editor Ben Riley-Smith, he said a new relationship with Brussels could also include full EU membership or joining the single market.
Ben is in the studio to talk about what the PM told him, along with Laura, Paddy and Joe Pike.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Paddy O’Connell and Laura Kuenssberg. The weekend editor is Chris Flynn. The producer was Eleanor Harrison-Dengate. The social producer was Beth Pritchard. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

On Wednesday the Chancellor John Healey will deliver his first Budget.
In this episode we hear from his predecessor’s chief of staff of nearly five years.
Katie Martin lifts the lid on codenames for government policy, what she thinks Healey should do, and what really happened with the winter fuel payment cut decision.
Apply to run with Adam (or just cheer him on in person) as he completes his 500k in 100 days challenge: https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/newscast-run-club-27oct26
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Paddy O’Connell and Laura Kuenssberg. The weekend editor is Chris Flynn. The producer was Eleanor Harrison-Dengate. The social producer was Laura Butler. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

There’s less than a week to go until this year’s autumn statement and the Chancellor has been keeping things tightly under wraps. Adam, Alex, Chris and Faisal get together in the Newscast studio to discuss what might be in John Healey’s budget and what it could mean for the UK economy.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Gray with Beth Pritchard. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, millions of websites around the world are dealing with the discovery of a potential cyber-security threat using artificial intelligence.
Vulnerabilities were found in the PHP programming language, which is used on roughly 70% of the internet, by researchers using AI. These flaws had gone undetected for over a decade, with the boss of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre saying the scale of the issue has been “unprecedented”.
Technology and AI editor Zoe Kleinman joins Adam to explain what has happened, and how the weakness was identified.
Plus, President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has had talks with Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, whom he called a “humanitarian”. Russia editor Steve Rosenberg tells us what’s significant about the latest developments and whether the prospect of peace is any closer.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Gabriel Purcell-Davis and Adam Chowdhury. The social producer was Beth Pritchard. The technical producers were Hannah Montgomery and Jonathan Greer. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, the government has approved drilling at Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea after years of arguments and a legal challenge by Greenpeace
Adam and Chris unpack how the decision was reached, plus what it means for jobs, energy bills and Labour’s drive towards net zero. And James Cook, Scotland Editor, dials in from Rosebank: the the controversial oil field the government is yet to make a call on.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Osman Iqbal and Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The social producer was Beth Pritchard. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.