Today, we look at the new Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, who has vowed to win a trade war with President Trump.
Mark Carney, the former Governor of the Bank of England, will become the next Prime Minister of Canada after winning his party’s leadership contest. Carney will be sworn in, in the coming days and has vowed to win the trade war with US President Donald Trump. Adam speaks to Chris Giles, Economics Commentator at the FT and Jayme Poisson host of CBC’s Front Burner podcast.
And, Adam is joined by Alex to discuss more changes to the planning system being announced by the government. Plus, news of a first by-election for Keir Starmer to face after former Labour MP, now independent, Mike Amesbury announced he will resign at the “earliest opportunity”.
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