The Week: Defence, Spending Review and What Next For Reform UK?

《本周聚焦:国防、支出审查以及改革英国下一步将何去何从?》

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2025-06-06

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The Spending Review looms large - with Chancellor Rachel Reeves facing some difficult choices in the upcoming Spending Review, which sets the budgets for all government departments over the next few years. Adam, Chris, Alex and Faisal discuss that and what next for Reform UK after Zia Yusuf quit as party Chairman. This episode was recorded on Thursday evening. 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 New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 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 Joe Wilkinson and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • Chris,

  • tell me how you ended up in Scotland for longer than you expected to be when you were covering the Prime Minister's defence announcement.

  • Well, so we'd covered the announcement and we hatched a plan,

  • because it's kind of small, our romantic,

  • I think, that we would get the Caledonian sleeper.

  • Because, you know, it leaves not long after the 10 o'clock news.

  • I'd be back at Westminster at 9 o'clock in the morning.

  • I mean, that's just tremendous.

  • I'd be well rested.

  • I'd be wearing yesterday's shirt,

  • but you know you can't have everything so we get on the we get on the train and we go for a little drink and and and then uh jack Slater and I jack's a brilliant camerajournalist so we go to our bunks and producer Isabella's got her own compartment down there down there down the corridor and um we get a bed and and I fall asleep and I kind of,

  • you know, you know when you're sort of half asleep and you're sort of thinking,

  • and this thought sort of flicked across my mind at some point in the dead of night,

  • I thought, it just feels a bit smoother than when I was last on this,

  • but they have improved the rolling stock.

  • Then, five o'clock in the morning, guys, get up, get up.

  • We're kicking you off.

  • We're still in Glasgow.

  • Oh, you hadn't gone anywhere.