The First Electoral Test for the New SNP Leader, Hamza Yousaf

Alcohol tax up, house prices down, and food inflation slowing.

There’s loads of news about the changing price of various things, including alcohol, so The Newscast Arms is reopening.

At the bar with us is:

- Cost of living correspondent Coletta Smith, who explains how the government's alcohol tax changes will work. - Boss of Iceland Richard Walker, who talks about how customers might experience slowing inflation. - Property website Zoopla’s research and insights director Richard Donnell, who chats through why house prices are falling. - And Newsnight’s Kirsty Walk, who takes us through why a by-election has been called in Scotland.

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