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Today, Laura and Paddy unpack what the government will do to deal with energy pressures caused by the Iran war.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has told Laura that the UK should invest in home-grown energy, but leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, says we need more drilling in the North Sea.

They also discuss the policies on energy prices from other UK political parties.

Plus, they do an update following yesterday's interview with Josh Simons.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 麻豆社. The presenters were Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O鈥機onnell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Laura Cain. The social producer was Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.