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Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkin, and now we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day

and the stuff that's even more important than politics too.

And joining me at two of the finest minds from The Times and the Sunday Times. And they are Ian Martin,

columnist and director of the London Defence Conference. Good morning, Ian. Hi there. How are you?

Not too bad. Nice to be here. That's good to hear. That's as much as we can hope for, I'd say.

And Laura Spirit, the Times Politics Newsletter, editor and columnist as well. Hello, Laura. Hi, Hugo. Are you well?

What news? I'm so well, thank you. How are you? Yeah, no, I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. It's great

to have you both on. Look, let's start with a story from the papers this morning. Rachel Reeves

is under pressure to explain her CV after it emerged that she used a false claim to win her seat as an MP.

During the Chancellor's successful campaign for Leeds West in 2010, she told voters she had worked

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