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Radio 4,04 Mar 2023,28 mins

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Bloomberg's Emily Ashton looks back at the week in which the Prime Minister hailed a breakthrough deal on the Northern Ireland Protcol and a minister's leaked messages during Covid dominated the headlines. Emily speaks to Labour peer Jenny Chapman, a former shadow Brexit minister, and the former Brexit Secretary David Davis about the significance of the deal and whether Brexit is finally done. Professor Katy Hayward explains the implications of the Windsor Framework for the Democratic Unionist Party. Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus and The Telegraph's Christopher Hope discuss revelations following the publication of leaker WhatsApp messages from former Health Secretary Matt Hancock. And how are the Conservatives and Labour preparing for next year's elections? Emily discusses the path to the manifesto with Sebastian Payne from Onward, a centre-right think tank, and Keir Starmer's former head of domestic policy, Olivia Bailey.

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