Paddy is joined by Salma Shah, former Conservative adviser, and Marie Le Conte, political journalist, to discuss party conference season which begins today.

What happens at a conference? Who are party conferences for? And is this all about ‘electioneering’?

They also discuss the latest policy announcements from the government, the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats. And Newscasters send in their thoughts on political slogans.

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Today’s Newscast was presented by Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Miranda Slade. The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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