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The Budget Special With Laura Pidcock MP

Tonight on The Fix join Laura Pidcock MP, Aaron Bastani, Eleanor Penny and Michael Walker to discuss the upcoming budget and the recent BMJ reports on deaths from Austerity.

Published 21st November 2017
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