News Meeting: Tata Steel job losses and why are measles cases rising?

What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s deputy editor Giles Whitell.

In this episode the team discuss the news that Tata steel has decided to shut its Port Talbot blast furnaces with the loss of 2,800 jobs, Britain’s measles outbreak and a judge’s ruling against a manager who wanted to work from home.

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Guests:

• Liam Byrne, Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and author of ‘The Inequality of Wealth’
• Cat Neilan, political editor at Tortoise
• Jeevan Vasagar, climate editor at Tortoise

Host: Giles Whittell, deputy editor at Tortoise

Producer: Rebecca Moore

Executive producer: Lewis Vickers

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