
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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| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 6 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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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. ... more
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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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... more
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 ... more
Very biased
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!)
Great podcast. Historic event told by the people who lived it. The narrator/interviewer kept my interest thru all the epidodes.
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.
Absolutely loved this series! Such a wide range of guests to share different perspectives, with a clear and focused structure.










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