Old Newscast: The Expenses Scandal, 2009 (Part 2)

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🗓️ 2 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today’s Old Newscast looks at the full effect the expenses scandal had on the British public. Adam is joined again by Chris Hope and Jo Coburn to assess its legacy, and why the story had such a lasting impact on British public life.

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0:21.7	Welcome back to old newscast. In the previous episode, we talked about the build-up to
0:26.7	the 8th of May 2009. That was the day that the Daily Telegraph published the first in a long
0:32.2	series of stories about MP's expenses based on a disc of leaked information.
0:41.2	On this episode, we're going to talk about the fallout of that story,
0:44.2	which grew into what we now call the expenses scandal and the long-lasting effects it has had on British politics.
0:48.9	So in this episode, we'll pick up where we left off
0:51.3	with two of the people who were there at the time in a big way.
0:55.3	Joe Coburn and Chris Hope.
0:57.9	Newscast from the BBC.
1:00.2	Do you know what it's about?
1:01.2	Jealousy.
1:01.8	I've got a very, very large house.
1:03.6	He claimed £2,000 for a duck island.
1:06.4	I want to apologise from behalf of all parties.
1:09.8	I am angry about what has happened. It is out of order.
1:13.0	If they're making these mistakes for their own money, what the hell are they doing with our country?
1:21.7	Joe Coburn is still here. Welcome back to the BBC. Settling in. We're getting a money's worth
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