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The Week: Assisted Dying Bill, Pensions and Trump’s Team

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Adam and Chris are joined by Stephanie Flanders, head of economics and politics at Bloomberg, and Lucy Fisher, Whitehall editor at the Financial Times, to discuss all the political news of the week.

They discuss an increasingly heated debate about assisted dying legislation, the chancellor announcing “the biggest pension reform in decades” and President-elect Trump announcing more details of his team. 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 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 Anna Harris . The technical producer was Philip Bull. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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