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Michael Gove, Nicky Campbell and Andrew Pierce have all forged highly successful careers in journalism and broadcasting, with Gove serving many years in Government too.

But the men also share a very particular childhood experience: being adopted.

In this special episode, Camilla sits down with the the three journalists to understand how that fact has forged their lives and careers.

They explain feeling different from their peers growing up; finding their birth mothers (or choosing not to); and how wanting to prove to their parents that they were right to adopt them became “a driving force” for their careers in the public eye.

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Producers: Georgia Coan and Lilian Fawcett

Senior Producer: David Levene

Executive Producer: Louisa Wells

Video Producers: Will Walters

Studio Operator: Meghan Searle

Social Producer: Nada Aggour

Editor: Camilla Tominey

Public anger over crime linked to asylum hotels is boiling over, with protests this summer from Essex to Scotland.

In light of the rape of a schoolgirl by two Afghan asylum seekers in Leamington Spa, Camilla and Tim ask what’s really driving this surge in migrant crime, and whether Britain’s broken asylum system is now fuelling a security crisis.

Plus, senior reporter Steve Bird has the inside story from the lawless migrant camps in Calais and Dunkirk: how ruthless people-smuggling gangs are coercing vulnerable female migrants into sexual exploitation, and recruiting others as drug mules.

Kemi Badenoch has accused the Prime Minister of repeatedly bending the truth and called him a “caretaker Prime Minister”.

Camilla and Tim debunk some of the Government’s biggest porkies, explaining what the data really shows on the Chancellor's Budget, energy bills, teacher numbers, police recruitment and Brexit.

And we’re joined by George Abaraonye, the former Oxford Union president-elect who was removed from his post after he appeared to celebrate the shooting of US conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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Producers: Georgia Coan and Lilian Fawcett

Senior Producer: David Levene

Executive Producer: Louisa Wells

Video Producers: Will Walters

Studio Operator: Meghan Searle

Social Producer: Nada Aggour

Editor: Camilla Tominey

Six million people is greater than the population of Norway. But that’s how many British people of working age are claiming benefits instead of working, so said Kemi Badenoch at a press conference this morning about how to “get Britain working”.

With more workless households than the population of Estonia (1.4m), and one in four people now self-reporting as disabled, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley ask how Britain became one big welfare state, explain why Labour’s workers rights bill isn’t going to help, and look at whether the Conservatives’ promise to review the whole work and welfare system will be enough. 

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Producers: Georgia Coan and Lilian Fawcett

Senior Producer: John Cadigan

Executive Producer: Louisa Wells

Video Producers: Will Walters

Studio Operator: Meghan Searle

Social Producer: Nada Aggour

Editor: Camilla Tominey

Reform’s Nigel Farage is having one of those weeks, with more headlines, more scrutiny, and yet more bad press.

Camilla and Tim unpack The Telegraph’s exclusive investigation into alleged election fraud with our associate political editor Tony Diver, after claims the Reform party overspent during the Clacton campaign.

And as Prince Harry secures a review of the decision to remove his automatic armed police protection, we explain the latest developments in his legal battle, the current “bespoke” security arrangements, and why renewed attention on Meghan Markle’s estranged father may be a sideshow to the real story.

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Producer: Georgia Coan

Senior Producer: John Cadigan

Executive Producer: Louisa Wells

Video Producers: Will Walters

Studio Operator: Meghan Searle

Social Producer: Nada Aggour

Editor: Camilla Tominey