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Evening Standard
Mark Blunden and Rachelle Abbott

MPs’ WhatsApp messages & Freedom of Information Act ...The Standard podcast

An investigation is under way into the WhatsApp group - (PA Archive)

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Labour party officials are investigating alleged racist and sexist comments in leaked WhatsApp group chat messages that culminated in the sacking of health minister Andrew Gwynne.

Following the latest messaging-based scandal to hit the authorities, The Standard podcast is joined by Maurice Frankel, director of the Campaign for Freedom of Information, to discuss the public’s right know.

In part two, World Monuments Fund’s UK chief executive John Darlington discusses how heritage campaigners are helping boost their local economies.

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