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(Another) Plan to Fix "Broken" Migration System

PM says UK risks 鈥渂ecoming an island of strangers".

Today, we look at Labour鈥檚 plan to fix the UK鈥檚 鈥樷榖roken鈥欌 migration system.

James speaks to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to comb through the details including a degree-level requirement for overseas workers, ending automatic settlement after five years for most visas, and a tightening of English tests for all visa applicants.

We also look at how the US and China came to a sudden agreement to slash their tariffs for 90 days. 麻豆社鈥檚 economics editor Faisal Islam and 麻豆社鈥檚 China correspondent Laura Bicker join James.

And finally, James sits down with the Secretary to the COVID Inquiry Ben Connah to catch us up on the latest on the inquiry and to tell us about the Every Story Matters project.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 麻豆社. It was presented by James Cook. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Julia Webster and Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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