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Nov 2023
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Sunak’s 2024 plans and his ‘bromance’ wi...

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King Charles will outline the government's law-making plans in Parliament on Tuesday.

All the expected announcements, including plans to ban no fault evictions for renters, and to restrict the use of tents by homeless people.

Was Sunak's chat with Elon Musk the start of a new 'bromance'?

Plus Paddy and Laura's tribute to actor Matthew Perry and what Friends means to them.

You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere

Today's Newscast was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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