The Week: Tariffs, Welfare Reform and Sue Gray speaks…

《本周焦点:关税、福利改革以及苏·格雷的讲话…》

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2025-03-28

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Adam, Chris, Alex and Faisal discuss the impact of President Trump’s new 25% tariff on cars, whether Labour’s proposed welfare changes are more about balancing the budget than reforms, and Baroness Sue Gray has issued a warning in her maiden speech in the House of Lords about the language used around cuts to the civil 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/NbuxWnmY 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 Anna Harris. The technical producer was Rohan Madison. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • Hello, everyone.

  • I'm going to start with a little linguistic puzzle.

  • Oh, yeah.

  • Is it wriggle room or is it wiggle room?

  • Wriggle.

  • Wriggle.

  • I'm a wriggler.

  • Are you?

  • I mean linguistically, not.

  • Not physically, while you're waiting to go on tv.

  • I think.

  • I think it's wiggle, but I say wriggle because I think.

  • I think language has evolved here.

  • But I think you can wriggle in the wiggle room.

  • So it's a wiggle room for wriggling.

  • So from my research on the Internet, trustworthy.

  • I haven't confirmed.

  • I haven't confirmed with the House of Commons library,

  • both are acceptable, but wiggle room is the more commonly used one.