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Jenny Morrison

STV reporter says it was worth every penny to stun Boris Johnson with £20 note amid Universal Credit cut

She shamed the Prime Minister by waving a £20 note in front of him on TV but political interviewer Kathryn Samson has revealed she almost backed out of the stunt.

STV’s Westminster correspondent said her plan to shock Boris Johnson over his £20-a-week Universal Credit cut could have backfired but she went for it anyway.

Kathryn, 37, said: “You sometimes have to be fearless when you are interviewing people and that interview was one of those occasions.

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