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Newsnight's economics editor Ben Chu discusses Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's strategy, and what all those Es stand for. Chris Packham also joins from Ken Hill Farm in Norfolk, where he's been filming a special Winterwatch in which he interviews Sir David Attenborough. And Josh Widdicombe tells Adam what it was like reporting for local papers across the UK with his friend Nish Kumar for a new TV show. Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and made by Chris Flynn with Miranda Slade and Amy Elizabeth. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The senior news editor was Damon Rose.
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