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MPs, Planes and Gravy Trains

Series 1, episode 0

This year parliament has enjoyed a record-breaking 82-day summer recess. Channel 4 News presenter Alex Thomson investigates what is expected of Members of Parliament during this time and how they have actually spent their holidays. With publicly funded trips around the globe, who are the frequent fliers and how accountable are these visits? Dispatches travels around the world in 82 days to look at what is on offer during the summer break and how open and transparent our elected representatives really are. Thomson examines whether taxpayers are getting value for their money from their elected representatives and asks, after the expenses scandal in May, with politicians desperate to regain trust; is this being achieved?