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Sep 2023
36m 19s

The Investigation into Russell Brand

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How did Channel 4’s Dispatches & The Sunday Times put the Russell Brand investigation together?

Adam is joined by Louisa Compton, head of news and current affairs at Channel 4 and Alistair Jackson, investigations editor of Dispatches.

And Liz Truss is back on the political stage, urging the Prime Minister to cut taxes a year after her Downing Street exit. The BBC’s Chris Mason and Faisal Islam give us their take on her speech.

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