Load Of Bollards

Columnist at The Telegraph Madeline Grant kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's top headlines as the number of civil servants earning more than £100,000 a year has nearly doubled, as new data suggest that Whitehall has been using a loophole to get around pay freezes. Executive Director of the Henry Jackson Society Alan Mendoza joins shortly after to discuss More than 40million voters may have had their data stolen in the biggest data breach in UK history. The Electoral Commission revealed yesterday that 'hostile actors' had access to its systems for 14 months without being detected. Senior Fellow at The New Culture Forum Rafe Heydel-Mankoo returns to The Independent Republic to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis as a Syrian asylum seeker has said living on the Bibby Stockholm barge would remind him of hiding from ISIS. On Monday, 15 people spent their first night on the vessel, docked in Portland Port, but 20 refused to board due to a 'severe fear of water', according to their lawyers. Bar Owner and Restaurateur Clinton Pugh joins shortly after to discuss his ongoing war with low traffic neighbourhoods, and The Telegraph's Annabel Denham closes the show with her weekly takedown of the top headlines of the morning. All that and so much more, so tune in!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.