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04/09/2013

How can confidence be restored after the National Audit Office's report concludes that Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ severance payments provided poor value for money and put public trust at risk?

As a report from the National Audit Office today concludes that severance pay at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ provided poor value for money and put public trust at risk, we ask what measures are being put in place to restore confidence.

With just over a year to go before Scotland votes on independence, Steve Hewlett discusses how papers and broadcasters will decide agendas, stimulate interest on both sides of the border, and in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's case, ensure impartiality.

And following the death of Sir David Frost, we ask whether his interview style would work today, in an age of spin, 24 hour news coverage and news pools.

Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

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30 minutes

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Wed 4 Sep 2013 16:30

Chapters

  • Severance pay at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    With Ben Webster, The Times and Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee

    Duration: 08:16

  • Reporting the referendum in Scotland

    With Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland's John Boothman, Media Scotland's Allan Rennie and writer Lesley Riddoch

    Duration: 09:28

  • The legacy of David Frost's political interviewing

    With Adam Boulton, Politcal Editor Sky News and The Guardian's Michael White.

    Duration: 09:00

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  • Wed 4 Sep 2013 16:30

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