Today, we look at whether this week’s winter fuel U-turn could lead to the government changing course on other spending cuts.

Paddy’s taken to the streets of Camden to find out what the public think of their local MP, Keir Starmer.

And we hear from some of the 18 year old Newscasters who have got in touch to tell us what they think about the current state of UK/EU relationship.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O'Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Rohan Madison. The weekend series producer is Chris Flynn. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.