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Author MattCainWriter and actor Jill Nalder join Emmabarnett to chat about the friendships between gay men and straight women

Dido Harding was brought in to set up a trest and trace system to help stop the Covid-19 pandemic. This is her first interview since leaving the job.It’s just over a year since the businesswoman and conservative peer Dido Harding was brought in to set up a test and trace system to help stop the Covid-19 pandemic.

As we celebrate Pride Month throughout June we thought we'd spend a moment celebrating the relationship between gay men and their female BFF. From reality stars like Jenny and Lee on Googlebox and Olivia Bentley's relationship with Ollie and Gareth in Made in Chelsea to Will and Grace to the designer Halston and Liza Minelli. What is it about the relationship that makes them so special?

A group of MPs, Including the former Prime Minister Theresa May, are trying to push through a vote in parliament which they hope will reverse controversial cuts to the international aid budget. It's likely that an amendment to the Advanced Research and Invention Agency bill will happen, and that technical change will result in aid spending going back to what it was. It was recently cut from 0.7% to 0.5.

 

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MattCainWriter Emmabarnett Can you please interview Docstockk about her widely regarded new book? Thank you. Your listeners

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UK foreign aid cuts are immoral, says David DavisFormer Brexit secretary denounces plan and says 42% budget cut risks killing thousands of people And so is foreign aid when it’s the rich governments of those who are the ones benefitting instead of the starving people who it’s meant for. These countries have received billions in aid yet its people are still starving to death and live in squalor Another pious politician. You can't help but laugh. The UK already gives enough in overseas aid, and needs to look closer to home. As no doubt the pathetic rag will remind us all about when it makes its next opinionated spending commitment Even with the temp cut the Uk will still be the second highest aid giver across Europe. How about others step up to the plate:
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