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The New Statesman.

Hello, I'm Hannah Barnes and this is Politics from the New Statesman, where every Thursday we

bring you the latest from Westminster and beyond. Later in the

episode, I'm going to be joined by Rachel Cunleff and George Eaton to discuss reforms surging

popularity ahead of next week's local elections. But with me now in the studio is the New

Statesman's political editor, Andrew Moore. Hello. Hello, Hannah. It's been a few weeks.

It's been a few weeks. We've both had a decent Easter break. I'm glad to say.

Let's start by taking a look at what's happening on the world stage and the recent worrying, I think, it's fair to say, developments over the Russia-Ukraine war.

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