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How The Sunday Times broke the freebies scandal

We speak to Sunday Times Whitehall editor Gabriel Pogrund about how he got the story.

Sir Keir Starmer鈥檚 chief of staff Sue Gray resigned amid weeks of bad headlines for the government over freebies. Labour鈥檚 troubles arguably began when The Sunday Times revealed a major donor, Lord Alli, had a security pass to Downing Street. Today we speak to Sunday Times Whitehall editor Gabriel Pogrund about how he got the story.

Guest: Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: Sky News, ITV News, Talk TV, The Times.

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