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Almost half of UK workers have had their accents mocked, criticised or singled out in a social setting, according to a Sutton Trust survey.

Labour MP Jess Phillips and broadcaster Adrian Chiles speak to @AmolRajan about the power of accents.



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Will the Bank of England raise rates to 3%?

Sir Charlie Bean, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, says he “wouldn’t be surprised” if they do, and that they could eventually rise above 4% depending on what happens with the Ukraine war and inflation in the UK.

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A group of migrants were stranded in central London, according to homelessness charity Under One Sky.

One volunteer Daniel Abbas spoke to the group who he says were 'disturbed by the situation' in Manston and had been sleeping on concrete there.

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'It will get worse... and it's the households with kids who are most at risk'

Iceland boss Richard Walker tells @AmolRajan he is seeing cost prices from big brands which have yet to be passed on to consumers

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Channel 4 celebrates its 40th birthday today.

Carol Vorderman, who spent 26 years on Countdown, tells @AmolRajan that Channel 4 'changed society in many good ways' by pushing boundaries with its programming.

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'I wasn't intending to write it'

Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro tells @MarthaKearney that growing up, he 'always wanted' to see an English remake of famous Japanese film 'Ikiru'.

His dream's now reality as he is the screenwriter for the new adaptation 'Living'.
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'The picture is very bleak'

Martin Hewitt, National Police Chiefs' Council chairman, tells @MarthaKearney there's been a 'range of work' since the murder of Sarah Everard to improve vetting issues, including sacking those who should never have been hired

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His Majesty's Inspector of the Constabulary Matt Parr tells @MarthaKearney there must be lower tolerance for normalised sexualised bad behaviour towards women in the police otherwise the erosion of public trust will continue.



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'When you're offering blue ticks for rent, it makes it harder to sift through disinformation'

Nu Wexler, former Twitter Head of Global Policy Communication, tells @AmolRajan the verification feature makes it easier for users to identify disinformation.

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A damning report has warned that hundreds of police officers in England and Wales should have failed vetting procedures.

Anna Birley, co-founder of , tells @MarthaKearney that trust in the police is impossible unless action is taken.

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Today with @MarthaKearney & @AmolRajan: a report says hundreds of corrupt police may be serving in England & Wales due to poor vetting; should all families on Universal Credit get free school meals? And Kazuo Ishiguro on his first screenplay



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'Our perspective on this is slightly clouded by the last 2 months of moderate chaos'

Torsten Bell, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, tells justin webb the PM had previously, as Chancellor, said paying higher taxes will help public services.

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'In this job you do have to choose your language carefully'

Robert Jenrick, Immigration Minister, tells justin webb that Suella Braverman described migrants arriving in the UK as an 'invasion' as a way of conveying the scale of the challenge we face.

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'Staff face on a daily basis; sit down protests, being chanted at, being shouted at... improvised weapons are always being found'

Lucy Moreton, from the ISU, tells @BBCNickRobinson it's a 'frightening time' for staff at Manston migrant centre

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'The Home Office and contractors need to get a grip'

Charlie Taylor, His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, tells @BBCNickRobinson that conditions at the Manston processing centre have 'begun to deteriorate', and his inspectors will be going back in

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'It is overwhelmed and it is wholly unacceptable'

Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale tells @BBCNickRobinson that he didn't know which home secretary had decided not to book more space at Manston migrant processing centre, but it was 'developed deliberately'

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'The asylum system already has the ability to take quick decisions'

Yvette Cooper, Shadow Home Secretary, tells justin webb that asylum cases should be fast tracked and action taken on criminal gangs - both of which she says aren't happening.

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'Work has been done over the summer... you are trying to define this very difficult area of legal but harmful content'

Former Tech Minister Damian Collins tells justin webb that the delayed Online Safety Bill will be back before MPs next month

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'Twitter under Elon is a whole different company'

Tech investor and friend of Elon Musk, Ross Gerber, says the billionaire will re-build Twitter his way, and there will be space for voices 'we don't like or agree with' including Donald Trump

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