Is The Government Backing Down Over Benefits?

政府是否在福利问题上退缩了?

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2025-03-16

22 分钟
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Today, we look at the news that ministers could abandon plans to freeze some disability benefits. Paddy, Laura and Henry discuss where the news came from, and what the plans were in the first place. And, after a week in which Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced that he was getting rid of NHS England, they look at how he might be changing other parts of the health service. 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://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9 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 Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O'Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Adam Chowdhury. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • So the BBC has learned is the thing that's being said in the news about a change to the welfare cuts, how does that.

  • How does the BBC learn things?

  • Well, the BBC learns things by either phoning people up or people phoning them up or.

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  • You're not giving much away.

  • No, no, you talk to people in government who know things and you either ask them a question and they get back to you, or they might phone you to say, actually, we want to get this out there.

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  • So, yes, that.

  • Collectively known as briefing.

  • But yes, talking to people.

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  • So, Henry, there's been a big briefing this weekend.

  • That's right.

  • The BBC has learned.