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Today, we look at the news that the UK will increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.

The surprise announcement from Sir Keir Starmer comes ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump later this week. The increase will come at the expense of the UK鈥檚 foreign aid budget which will be cut by 0.2%. James and Alex explain how it will work.

Plus, James and Alex are joined by the former CEO of Music UK and political advisor Jamie Njoku-Goodwin and composer Max Richter to discuss the government鈥檚 proposals on AI in music.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 成人快手. It was presented by James Cook and Alex Forsyth. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Anna Harris and Teodora Agarici. The technical producer was Phil Bull. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.