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Expenses

The Telegraph

A hard drive, a room full of reporters -- and the biggest parliamentary scandal in a generation. How MPs' expenses came to light.

  • 30 minutes 13 seconds
    1 - The Reporters

    In the spring of 2009, a small group of reporters at the Telegraph were given access to hundreds of thousands of pages of parliamentary expense claims, covering every single MP in the country. Working in secret, they began to pick through the files. This is the story of what happened next.

    Guests: Robert Winnett and Christopher Hope.

    For more: www.telegraph.co.uk/expenses

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    2 September 2024, 1:58 pm
  • 23 minutes 41 seconds
    6 - The Editor

    For ten years, the man who led the Telegraph in 2009 has kept quiet about what happened during the scandal. But some stories are worth returning to.

    Guest: Will Lewis

    To claim our subscription offer: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio

    To get in touch: [email protected]

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    12 June 2019, 1:00 am
  • 23 minutes 26 seconds
    5 - The Lawyer
    The Telegraph’s reporting on expenses involved a secretly copied disc, a million pages of sensitive personal information, and the most powerful institution in the land.What would the paper have to do to avoid getting stopped by the law?It fell to one man to figure that out.--------------Guest: Arthur Wynn DaviesTo claim our subscriber offer: www.telegraph.co.uk/audioTo get in touch: [email protected] Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    5 June 2019, 1:00 am
  • 25 minutes 3 seconds
    4 - The Politician
    What was it like to be working in Parliament when the expenses scandal broke? It’s a question that most MPs are reluctant to answer. But not all of them.  Guest: Norman Baker --------To claim our subscription offer: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio For more Expenses coverage: www.telegraph.co.uk/expensesTo get in touch: [email protected] Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    29 May 2019, 1:00 am
  • 24 minutes 53 seconds
    3 - The Campaigner
    When New Labour came to power in 1997, they made a promise that they’d eventually come to regret.And one journalist did more than anyone else to hold them to it. Guest: Heather Brooke --- For our full Expenses coverage: www.telegraph.co.uk/expenses Email us: [email protected] Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    22 May 2019, 1:00 am
  • 24 minutes 32 seconds
    2 - The Cartoonist
    On a normal day Matt Pritchett, our front page cartoonist, gets into the office at around 8am and starts to figure out where the news is heading. But there weren’t many normal days in May 2009. ———— For our full Expenses coverage: www.telegraph.co.uk/expenses To see Matt’s latest cartoons: @MattCartoonist Email us: [email protected] Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    15 May 2019, 1:00 am
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