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Team Wonkhe

News, analysis and explanation of higher education issues from our leading team of wonks

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What all SUs need to know about sexism and sexual violence in UK medical education

by Team Wonkhe

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16/11/25

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Podcast: Access, governance, festival vibes

by Team Wonkhe

12/11/25

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What makes peer tutoring work and why SUs should be running it

by Team Wonkhe

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10/11/25

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Student loneliness isn’t going away and the evidence on what works is getting stronger

by Team Wonkhe

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9/11/25

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What’s in APPs on belonging and social connection?

by Team Wonkhe

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9/11/25

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Tuutorointi proves peer support works when you resource it as infrastructure, not sparkle

by Team Wonkhe

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9/11/25

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What SUs need to know about a new book on belonging

by Team Wonkhe

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9/11/25

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What SUs need to know about grade inflation, algorithms and degree transcripts

by Team Wonkhe

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7/11/25

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Podcast: Banned algorithms, Schools curriculum, Wales student finance

by Team Wonkhe

6/11/25

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What is “storming fortnight” and can officer teams survive it?

by Team Wonkhe

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3/11/25

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What does it actually cost to apply to a postgraduate course?

by Team Wonkhe

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2/11/25

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The SFC has ditched outcome agreements – here’s what the new system means for SUs

by Team Wonkhe

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31/10/25

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How to use the Abrahart triangle for change

by Team Wonkhe

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30/10/25

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How to stop students being ripped off by the emerging guarantor market

by Team Wonkhe

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30/10/25

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Podcast: Public attitudes, housing, employability

by Team Wonkhe

30/10/25

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Guide to Renter’s Rights Act (England) for students

by Team Wonkhe

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29/10/25

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Students live in terrible housing. Can SUs do anything about it?

by Team Wonkhe

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24/10/25

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How to use planning policy and the Skills White Paper to make student housing better

by Team Wonkhe

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24/10/25

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Students are developing amazing skills through the SU (if they can uncover them)

by Team Wonkhe

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23/10/25

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What SUs need to know about the changes to employment law

by Team Wonkhe

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23/10/25

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Should SUs and their universities be doing more on far-right extremism?

by Team Wonkhe

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22/10/25

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Help! My uni has over (or under) recruited to a course

by Team Wonkhe

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22/10/25

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What’s in the Post-16 skills white paper for students?

by Team Wonkhe

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21/10/25

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International student fees and hardship – what different universities are doing

by Team Wonkhe

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21/10/25

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Podcast: Skills white paper special

by Team Wonkhe

21/10/25

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25 things to push for to improve higher education for Disabled students

by Team Wonkhe

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17/10/25

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Why SUs should push for Universal Design for Learning

by Team Wonkhe

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17/10/25

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Podcast: Wales, Franchising, Graduate Jobs

by Team Wonkhe

16/10/25

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Podcast: Student protest, TNE, Tory conference

by Team Wonkhe

10/10/25

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Where are students and SUs in access and participation interventions?

by Team Wonkhe

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9/10/25

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UK universities operating campuses abroad and the students’ union question

by Team Wonkhe

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9/10/25

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Podcast: Labour Conference 2025

by Team Wonkhe

3/10/25

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Did universities involve students and SUs properly in APPs?

by Team Wonkhe

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2/10/25

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Grants return, the levy stays

by Team Wonkhe

29/09/25

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Podcast: Sexual misconduct, international levy, closures

by Team Wonkhe

26/09/25

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Podcast: Quality reforms, duty of candour, skills

by Team Wonkhe

19/09/25

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Podcast: Mergers, reshuffle

by Team Wonkhe

12/09/25

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Podcast: Year ahead, international, governance

by Team Wonkhe

5/09/25

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Student governors 2025: Neither rubber stamp nor lethal weapon

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Student governors 2025: Money money money

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Student governors 2025: To understand the future, get a sense of the past

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Student governors 2025: Navigating the maze of university decision-making

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Student governors 2025: What are your “reasonable care” duties as trustees?

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Student governors 2025: Getting a grip

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Building collective capacity to defend and celebrate HE

by Team Wonkhe

1/09/25

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How to speak volunteers’ appreciation language and transform SU engagement

by Team Wonkhe

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22/08/25

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How to start the year with a start week that delivers social, academic and administrative integration

by Team Wonkhe

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22/08/25

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Getting students to turn up without threatening them

by Team Wonkhe

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18/08/25

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Coping with crisis means SUs have to adapt again

by Team Wonkhe

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15/08/25

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Volunteering at the Festival of Higher Education

by Team Wonkhe

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10/08/25

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Lecture capture as a tool for inclusion and legal compliance

by Team Wonkhe

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5/08/25

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What SUs can learn from #exceptional financial support practice

by Team Wonkhe

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4/08/25

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Is the CCP interfering in UK universities through SUs and their Chinese student societies?

by Team Wonkhe

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4/08/25

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VFM in HE – what students think and what SUs can do

by Team Wonkhe

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30/07/25

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20 questions SUs should ask about harassment and sexual misconduct

by Team Wonkhe

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29/07/25

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The hidden impact of menstruation – what SUs need to know

by Team Wonkhe

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25/07/25

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There’s a timeline for new employment rights – here’s what SUs need to know

by Team Wonkhe

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18/07/25

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What are MPs good for? How Parliament can help your agenda

by Team Wonkhe

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18/07/25

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Podcast: AI and jobs, provider closure, UCAS figures

by Team Wonkhe

17/07/25

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Podcast: Student experience, LLE, civic

by Team Wonkhe

10/07/25

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Podcast: International, student leaders, metascience

by Team Wonkhe

4/07/25

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Podcast: Industrial strategy, cashpoint colleges, social mobility

by Team Wonkhe

27/06/25

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Podcast: Free speech guidance, R&D

by Team Wonkhe

20/06/25

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The Robots are coming

by Team Wonkhe

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18/06/25

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Finding your university in the data: Summer 2025 edition

by Team Wonkhe

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16/06/25

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Podcast: Spending review, Tooling Up, REF, students at work

by Team Wonkhe

13/06/25

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International students and new consumer rights

by Team Wonkhe

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6/06/25

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Podcast: Efficiency, EDI, speed

by Team Wonkhe

6/06/25

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Celtic connections: Time for some new rules

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Celtic connections: School plays sell out

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Celtic connections: Building belonging is about starting small

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Celtic connections: From data to humans

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Celtic connections: Futurecasting can be fun and useful

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Celtic connections: Do SUs need a new vision for the student experience?

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Podcast: Governance, apprenticeships, trends

by Team Wonkhe

30/05/25

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A guide to generative governance for SU boards and student governors

by Team Wonkhe

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29/05/25

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When medicine meets poverty – what to do about medical student hardship

by Team Wonkhe

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29/05/25

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Podcast: Cuts, student suicide, widening access

by Team Wonkhe

23/05/25

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What SUs need know about the national review of student suicides

by Team Wonkhe

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21/05/25

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24 things that SUs need to know about new rights in (some) university halls

by Team Wonkhe

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20/05/25

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Fifteen things that SUs need to know about the immigration white paper

by Team Wonkhe

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16/05/25

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Podcast: Immigration white paper, Jacqui Smith

by Team Wonkhe

16/05/25

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Here’s the latest on the Housing (Scotland) Bill

by Team Wonkhe

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13/05/25

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What’s been happening in the Lords re the Renter’s Rights Bill?

by Team Wonkhe

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13/05/25

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Everything in the immigration white paper for higher education

by Michael Salmon

12/05/25

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Blogs from previous study tours

by Team Wonkhe

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10/05/25

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Here’s what SU officers need to know about a new duty to prevent fraud

by Team Wonkhe

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9/05/25

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Podcast: Finances and cuts, VC pay

by Team Wonkhe

8/05/25

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What students want their SU to push for on health

by Team Wonkhe

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2/05/25

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Podcast: Dundee, student health, international

by Team Wonkhe

2/05/25

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Podcast: Portugal special

by Team Wonkhe

25/04/25

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Podcast: Easter special

by Team Wonkhe

9/04/25

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Here’s all the amendments the Lords have submitted for the Renter’s Rights Act

by Team Wonkhe

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4/04/25

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Podcast: Regret, provider collapse, WP

by Team Wonkhe

4/04/25

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Martyn’s Law: What SUs need to know

by Team Wonkhe

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4/04/25

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The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme has sector-specific implications

by Team Wonkhe

2/04/25

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What is Rise and why does it matter

by Team Wonkhe

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1/04/25

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It’s OK to be unreasonable

by Team Wonkhe

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31/03/25

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Understanding the right to protest and the Youth Demand incident in London

by Team Wonkhe

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31/03/25

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Podcast: Sussex fine, franchising

by Team Wonkhe

28/03/25