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Mar 2023

27m 4s

Jeremy Hunt on junior doctors, Brexit an...

About this episode

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt finished his early morning media round and then came for a coffee with the News Agents.

We asked how many doctors would re-enter the workforce with his pension changes.

How Brexit will effect our growth longer term.

And where his childcare ideas came from....

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The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.

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