Photo: Steven Bartlett His relationship with his mum has since been repaired, and looking back on that time, Steven has realised his mother was trying to protect him from experiencing the “pain ...

Steven Bartlett, podcaster ... How his career started aged 10 selling cigarettes nicked from his mum. Why poverty led him to hanging out in chicken shops looking for left over chicken bones.

But rather than the likes of Emily Maitlis or Laura Kuenssberg, the former health secretary this week gave his personal take on the scandal to Steven Bartlett, on the 29-year-old entrepreneur’s ...