
Emma Barnett is joined by historian David Starkey, the Guardian's Anushka Asthana, Conservative MP Tom Pursglove and the director of the New Economics Foundation Miatta Fahnbulleh. They look at the select committee report criticising universal credit, ask whether apprenticeships are fit for purpose, and examine whether there should be stricter laws on hunting, following criticism of the hunter who posted a photo of herself with a wild goat shot on Islay.
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