Ahead of the Commons Speaker’s decision on holding a vote over the planned cuts to the UK foreign aid budget, Anoosh, Stephen and Ailbhe discuss the coalition of Conservative rebels who could make life difficult for the Treasury.
Then, in You Ask Us, they take your questions on the Prime Minister’s religion: does it matter that Boris Johnson is a Catholic?
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