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Today, two teenage boys who raped girls in Hampshire have been given four years' detention after the Court of Appeal changed their sentences. A third boy鈥檚 youth rehabilitation order was left unchanged.

UK correspondent, Daniel Sandford was at the court and explains the reasoning behind the judges鈥� decision.

Plus, Morgan McSweeney, the elusive former chief of staff to Sir Keir Starmer has given his first ever media interview. He spoke to Political Thinking鈥檚 Nick Robinson about Labour鈥檚 lack of preparation for government and his response to allegations of a boys club in Number 10.

Nick joins Alex and James to unpack what we learned.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 麻豆社. The presenters were James Cook and Alex Forsyth. It was made by Miranda Slade with Shiler Mahmoudi and Anna Harris. The social producer was Jem Westgate. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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