{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/67055547db85d85869198c9c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How The Sunday Times broke the freebies scandal","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1728466391202-e2bd32b7-3a9d-47fe-a6f9-27cb2567f3ab.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray resigned amid weeks of bad headlines for the government over freebies. Labour’s troubles arguably began when The Sunday Times revealed a major donor, Lord Alli, had a security pass to Downing Street. Today we speak to Sunday Times Whitehall editor Gabriel Pogrund about how he got the story.&nbsp;</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: </em><a href=\"http://thetimes.com/thestory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall editor, The Sunday Times.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Gabriel’s reporting:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/waheed-alli-labour-donor-no-10-hkxx5h93l\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">No 10 pass for Labour donor who gave £500,000</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/how-we-revealed-the-downing-street-donor-scandal-rocking-labour-zdv5k5xwr\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How we revealed the Downing Street donor scandal rocking Labour</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p><strong>Host:</strong> Luke Jones.</p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>Sky News, ITV News, Talk TV, The Times.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Photo: </strong>Getty Images.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Get in touch</strong>: <a href=\"mailto:thestory@thetimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">thestory@thetimes.com</a></p>","author_name":"The Times"}