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

    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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    • 30 min
    2 - The Cartoonist

    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: podcasts@telegraph.co.ukSee 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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    • 24 min
    3 - The Campaigner

    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: podcasts@telegraph.co.ukSee 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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    • 24 min
    4 - The Politician

    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: podcasts@telegraph.co.ukSee 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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    • 25 min
    5 - The Lawyer

    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: podcasts@telegraph.co.ukSee 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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    • 23 min
    6 - The Editor

    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
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    • 23 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
273 Ratings

273 Ratings

Jdommitch ,

Changed my perception

The inside story of the expenses scandal. Very well researched and produced. I have a new fond respect for The Telegraph and MP Norman Baker who shine in this otherwise grubby tale of how our MPs systematically dipped into taxpayers money for their second homes, smart TVs abs Duck houses.

Aroswch ,

Makes you wish you were in the room

Great Podcast : entertaining and informative - also a great illustration of the importance of good quality journalism for a functioning democracy.

Loved hearing the stories from individual journalists working on this story: and the descriptions of secret “bunker” rooms with pizza boxes piled high!

One small (technical) issue - episode 2 has some short pauses in audio - probably missing the music interlinking sections? (Not a big deal - but I thought I had hit pause inadvertently!)

Stev174638 ,

Hooked!

Absolutely loved this series! Such a wide range of guests to share different perspectives, with a clear and focused structure.

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