Is The Government about to break a manifesto pledge?
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10/19/24
•29m
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Paddy and Laura discuss the possibility of a potential breach of the Labour manifesto in their upcoming budget
Meanwhile the Prime Minister pledges support for Ukraine in Berlin and, with the Novichok inquiry underway, Laura presses the Russian Ambassador to the UK on Russia’s role in the Salisbury poisonings.
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