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Today, we look at the Chancellor Rachel Reeves defending her budget, telling businesses she is 鈥渘ot coming back with more borrowing or more taxes鈥�.

Reeves was speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference. Her message comes after the boss of biscuit company McVitie鈥檚 warned it was becoming 鈥渉arder to understand鈥� the case for investing in the UK. Adam and Chris are joined by 大象传媒 business editor Simon Jack.

And, Europe editor Katya Adler tells Adam about her interview with former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In it, Merkel discusses dealing with President Putin, growing up in East Germany and Brexit regrets.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 大象传媒. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Anna Harris. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.