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The New Statement

Hi, I'm Anouche, I'm Rachel

and this is the New Statements Politics Podcast.

On today's episode, we'll be discussing the ongoing COVID inquiry.

Hello, I'm Anouche Shekelyan, Britain Editor of the New Statement

and host of this podcast in the studio.

And joining me down the line I have Rachel Cunliffe, our Associate Political Editor.

And also speaking to us down the line, we're joined by our guest Emma Norris,

Deputy Director at the Institute for Government, who's been following the COVID inquiry from the start.

Now, before we start, there will be some use of bad language in this episode inevitably,

so you may not want kids around while you're listening just to warn.

This public inquiry began in June and is set to go on for a few years,

so I'm just going to break that down before we get into the discussion.

There are six modules.

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