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Nigel Farage has become the face of Direct Bullion. Not a surprise to those of you buying gold, perhaps, but it probably is to those who don’t. And it earned him £270,000 in the process.
He’s also amassed a five-house property portfolio (three undeclared) and then there’s the small matter of the 5 million crypto donation. Again undeclared.
How is this sitting with a man who voted against the Employment Rights Act and wants to scrap the current minimum wage? Is it hurting Reform UK? Or is it just confirming he's as a maverick politician who can get away with stuff that others can’t?
Later, Luke Tryl from the polling organisation More in Common on the realignment of British political parties, just as Andy Burnham is set to become Prime Minister.
And - where exactly is Jon Sopel?
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Everyone understands the need to leave on a high - whether it’s Prime Ministerial legacy or a sense of completing the job.
But the new defence investment plan that Starmer's signed off leaves Burnham with an unexploded bomb in the shape of a five billion pound debt.
Does Burnham stick to the plan? Or does he rip it up? And how does he fill the hole if he goes along with it?
We ask TUC secretary general Paul Nowak what unions want from a Burnham premiership.
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How do you interview someone who’s been gagged? That’s the task we set ourselves on today’s episode. Sarah Wynn-Williams - a former Facebook executive turned whistleblower author - is not allowed to talk about Facebook, or her book, Careless People. She’s not allowed to.
She’s not even allowed to discuss the lawsuit that’s been slapped on her. Or how she’s finally responded with one of her own.
This is her story - told by another woman who knows how silence can be used to control and intimidate - Amy Wallace.
A spokesperson for Meta has said, "This former employee is trying to use the legal process to sell books, which an arbitrator already ruled broke the agreement she signed with the company when she accepted a large severance payment years ago. Her book is divorced from reality, disparaging and riddled with false claims."
The full arbitration can be read here:
https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Arbitration-Interim-Award.pdf
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Andy Burnham has made his first prime ministerial speech to the nation, even though he’s not yet PM. He spoke of the need for a "circuit break". Handing power back to people locally. Taking it away from Westminster. It was dynamic, bold and it was energising. But is Britain ready for electric shock therapy? And how does devolution not end up with badly run parts of the country becoming even worse off?
Later, what state is the Reform party in? Could they survive without Farage if he went? And would any of this hasten a general election?
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On the week of Keir Starmer's resignation as Prime Minister, Jon and Lewis host a special Q&A edition of The News Agents, answering the questions you have about the future of the country.
How will Andy Burnham's cabinet take shape? What will his policies look like? And is he surrounded by "duplicitous" colleagues?
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