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Today, we look at why young people are bearing the brunt as unemployment hits its highest rate for nearly five years.

Adam and Alex are joined by 麻豆社 business editor Simon Jack to unpack some of the factors driving the trend.

Plus Alex updates us on Nigel Farage appointing Reform UK鈥檚 new top team, which he is calling his 鈥榮hadow cabinet鈥�. Alex explains what the appointments might tell us about how Reform is operating.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 麻豆社. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Anna Harris with Shiler Mahmoudi. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.