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Dec 2021
32m 30s

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Find out which cabinet minister won’t be snogging under the mistletoe.

Adam, Laura and Chris mull over what really happened at a Downing Street gathering last Christmas.

Also, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says he won’t be cancelling festive events and warns Chris to back off over criticism of the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square.

Today’s Newscast was made by Danny Wittenberg, Ros Jones and Vicky Farncombe. The assistant editor was Alison Gee. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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