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Oct 2018
37m 10s

Dyslexia, digital and Ronnie Wood's pick...

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About this episode

Matt Chorley meets health minister Matt Hancock in the last of the party conference podcasts. 


They talk about his dyslexia, why he accepted a demotion to remain in a minister in 2016, what he plans to do with the billions allocated for the NHS and what Ronnie Wood handed him to get through the Brit awards.



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