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Westminster Hour: 30/05/2021

30/05/2021

BBC Radio 4 - Westminster Hour, 30/05/2021

Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.

Carolyn Quinn is joined by Conservative MP Conor Burns, Labour's Meg Hillier and expert on government and Brexit, Jill Rutter - plus Daily Telegraph journalist Ben Riley-Smith.

Carolyn Quinn's panel guests are the Conservative MP and former minister, Conor Burns; Labour MP and chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Meg Hillier; and Jill Rutter of think tanks UK in a Changing Europe and the Institute for Government. They discuss the timing of the final lifting of coronavirus restrictions and the continuing problems with the operation of the Northern Ireland Protocol. Ben Riley-Smith, political editor of the Daily Telegraph, provides additional insight and analysis. The programme also includes a report by Iain Watson on the Unite union's leadership election.

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