Episode

Reform's £72 million donation

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Broadcasting House
Published
Sep 13, 2026
Duration seconds
3022
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Summary

Conservative pollster Lord Hayward voices concern over the role of big money in politics and we get the reaction of billionaire donor John Caudwell. Paddy visits one of the UK's only hybrid schools, where pupils mix online home learning with one day a week in class. Is it an answer to absenteeism? Former Labour MP John Ashworth asks for your poetry suggestions to help him recover from a stroke and we test your pronunciation of hard to say place names after Angela Rayner fell foul of Worcester this week.