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Nov 2021
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Insight investigation: The great untold ...

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A Sunday Times investigation revealed this weekend that every chief Conservative Party treasurer in the past seven years gave the party £3m – and every one was offered a peerage. Manveen Rana speaks to the Insight team, renowned for carrying out some of the most groundbreaking investigations on Fleet Street.

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Guests:

- Jonathan Calvert, Insight Editor, The Sunday Times.

-George Arbuthnott, Insight Deputy Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Parliament TV, BBC.

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