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The Power of Patronage

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Robin Oakley, Political Editor of The Times, presents the last in a five-part series investigating patronage in major areas of public life. The Great and the Good
From the Astronomer
Royal to the Chairman of the BBC, there are 50,000 public appointments made in Britain by the Prime Minister and his government. But how public are these appointments - and how accountable?
Producer Sheila Cook

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Sheila Cook
Source: Radio Times

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