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The News Agents at the Labour Party Conference: Day 1

The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves joins The News Agents following her speech in Liverpool.

We discuss her plans to tax tech firms, her unwillingness to tax the rich and the Labour members carrying Palestinian flags outside the conference centre.

We also talk about the war that has begun formally today in Israel, after Hamas carried out a series of terror attacks this weekend.

Editor: Tom Hughes

Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus

Producer: Laura FitzPatrick

Planning Producer: Alex Barnett

Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell

Video Producer: Rory Symon

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