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Radio 4,24 Jun 2023,28 mins

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Pippa Crerar, political editor of the Guardian, discusses the political stories of the week with guests. Treasury Select Committee members, Andrea Leadsom and Rushanara Ali, discuss the Bank of England's interest rate rise and mortgages. Matthew Taylor, a former adviser to Tony Blair and Chief Executive of the NHS, and Lord Bethell, a former government minister, discuss the Covid Inquiry. The biographer, Sir Anthony Seldon, gives his verdict on Boris Johnson's leadership. And, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, CEO of UK Music, and music journalist, Lisa Verrico, discuss the place of politics at Glastonbury Festival.

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