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The UK's flagship daily news podcast from the BBC, Newscast Electioncast is the best place to follow the UK General Election campaign.

Newscast picks the brains of BBC News experts so you're ready if someone picks yours, covering the latest developments in politics in Westminster and beyond.

Newscast will give you all the best insights from the campaign trail - so you're across all the day's top stories.

Newscast is hosted by trusted journalists including Adam Fleming, BBC Political Editor Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O'Connell. Joined by special guests, including Lyse Doucet, Katya Adler, Marianna Spring, John Simpson and Victoria Derbyshire among others.
Catch Newscast seven-days a week and watch on BBC One at 23:40 on Thursday night or later on BBC iPlayer.
To listen to Newscast on you smart speaker - on most smart speakers just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast'

GET IN TOUCH:
You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
Send us a message or voicenote via WhatsApp to 03301239480
Email Newscast@bbc.co.uk
Or us #Newscast
Newscast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Newscast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Americast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Newscast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below.
The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r
Americast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07h19zz
Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm

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    • 5.0 • 9 Ratings

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The UK's flagship daily news podcast from the BBC, Newscast Electioncast is the best place to follow the UK General Election campaign.

Newscast picks the brains of BBC News experts so you're ready if someone picks yours, covering the latest developments in politics in Westminster and beyond.

Newscast will give you all the best insights from the campaign trail - so you're across all the day's top stories.

Newscast is hosted by trusted journalists including Adam Fleming, BBC Political Editor Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O'Connell. Joined by special guests, including Lyse Doucet, Katya Adler, Marianna Spring, John Simpson and Victoria Derbyshire among others.
Catch Newscast seven-days a week and watch on BBC One at 23:40 on Thursday night or later on BBC iPlayer.
To listen to Newscast on you smart speaker - on most smart speakers just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast'

GET IN TOUCH:
You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
Send us a message or voicenote via WhatsApp to 03301239480
Email Newscast@bbc.co.uk
Or us #Newscast
Newscast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Newscast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Americast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Newscast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below.
The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r
Americast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07h19zz
Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm

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    Electioncast: The End Is In Sight…

    Electioncast: The End Is In Sight…

    Today marks one week until the end of the 2024 General Election campaign - so we’re looking back at the defining moments so far.
    Adam is joined by Lucy Fisher, Financial Times’ Whitehall Editor, John Stevens, The Mirror’s Political Editor, and Ben Riley-Smith, The Telegraph’s Political Editor. They discuss the moments they’ll remember from this General Election, as well as what they hear about plans being drawn up for what could happen after the results are in.
    Apply to join us on election night: https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/newscast-all-nighter
    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. It was made by Miranda Slade with Gemma Roper and Sam Maclaren. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

    • 35 min
    Electioncast: Sunak vs Starmer (The Final Debate!)

    Electioncast: Sunak vs Starmer (The Final Debate!)

    Today, Newscast are in the spin room at the BBC Prime Ministerial Debate.
    Adam is joined by Laura and Chris for the final big set piece moment of the campaign.
    Apply to join us on election night: https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/newscast-all-nighter
    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. It was made by Chris Gray with Gemma Roper. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

    • 29 min
    Electioncast: The BBC Prime Ministerial Debate (In Full!)

    Electioncast: The BBC Prime Ministerial Debate (In Full!)

    Presented by Mishal Husain, listen to the BBC Prime Ministerial debate in full with the leader of Conservatives Rishi Sunak and the leader of the Labour party Sir Keir Starmer.
    You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Read less

    • 1 hr 18 min
    When It Hits The Fan x The Today Podcast x Newscast

    When It Hits The Fan x The Today Podcast x Newscast

    Three podcasts, one question: How influential is the media on the election?
    Newscast, The Today Podcast and When It Hits The Fan are coming together for a special election episode. Hosts from all three podcasts will discuss the role of the media in this summer's political campaign. Do newspapers still matter to political campaigns? Do the TV debates change people’s minds? And how much impact is social media really having?
    The episode features Adam Fleming, Amol Rajan, Alex Forsyth, Marianna Spring, David Yelland and Simon Lewis.
    This episode was a collaboration between the teams that make Newscast, The Today Podcast and When It Hits the Fan.

    • 40 min
    Electioncast: Tory Candidates Suspended!

    Electioncast: Tory Candidates Suspended!

    Today we look at the new that the Conservative Party has withdrawn support from Craig Williams and Laura Saunders, who are being looked into over alleged election betting.
    Williams, the candidate in Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and Saunders, the candidate in Bristol North West, are being looked into by the Gambling Commission
    And more Remoter Voters!
    Apply to join us on election night: https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/newscast-all-nighter
    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. It was made by Chris Gray with Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The editor is Sam Bonham.

    • 17 min
    Electioncast: Taxation Trilemmas

    Electioncast: Taxation Trilemmas

    Today, we look at the Conservative Party’s internal betting inquiry and whether the main parties have “ducked” addressing stark choices over public finances.
    Adam, Chris and Alex chat about the accusation by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that the Conservatives and Labour are engaging in a “conspiracy of silence” over the state of public finances. Also, Rishi Sunak says the Conservative Party is carrying out internal inquiries “in parallel” with the gambling commission.
    And BBC Ireland correspondent Sara Girvin speaks to us from Northern Ireland about how the Cost of Living and Brexit are impacting voting.

    Apply to join us on election night: https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/newscast-all-nighter

    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. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper and Elliot Ryder. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

    • 36 min

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