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Live News,02 Sep 2026,30 mins

Burnham, bonds and borrowing

Newsnight

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As the cost of government borrowing continues to rise, how serious is the position the UK government is in and does the PM have a plan for gripping it? And an "absolute cover-up." A former Conservative defence minister tells Newsnight that MOD officials deliberately withheld information about nuclear test veterans’ medical records and some of the lines he gave to Parliament, based on briefings, were a "complete lie". With Victoria Derbyshire

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