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Today we look at the first 100 days of the Labour government and the death of Alex Salmond.
Laura, Paddy and Henry discuss it appears Labour have smoothed over a potentially expensive row with DP World ahead of a big business summit.
And, they look at the former SNP leader Alex Salmond’s career, after his death on Saturday.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Paddy O’Connell and Laura Kuenssberg with Henry Zeffman. It was made by Chris Flynn with Gemma Roper and Keiligh Baker. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. The editor is Sam Bonham
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