Breaking the News - Jay Lafferty, Stuart Mitchell, Tiff Stevenson and Daliso Chaponda

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Des and the team break up the week's big news. Including: The dramatic vote in Westminster over the UK government's welfare bill, President Donald Trump's flagship spending policy, new technology at Wimbledon, Debbie Harry at 80 and much more.

Lead writer: Adele Cliff
Additional material: Alice Bright and Darren Phillips, Evan Gilsenan, Nathan Cowley, Paul Masterman, Kate Smurthwaite, Gregor Paton, Stephen Holford, Cooper Mawhinney Sweryt, Paul Di Paola, Rebeeca Bain and Alex Garrick Wright.

Producer: Chris Quilietti
Series producer: Dave Flynn
Researcher: Jodie White
Script editor: Keiron Nicholson

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Published on Friday, 4th July 2025.

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