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Today: 0730 Welfare plan 'will help' 21 Nov 08
From Monday, it is going to be more difficult for single parents to get benefits. Until now they have had income support automatically. But if the child is over 12, the government wants the lone parent to look for work and so they will get the jobseekers allowance instead. That means having to repor ...
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Today: 0810 BBC 'must not take trust for granted' 21 Nov 08
The BBC is to release its report into the Jonathan Ross-Russell Brand affair. Two BBC managers resigned as a result of the controversy that erupted over the offensive telephone calls left by the Radio 2 presenters on the answer phone of the actor Andrew Sachs last month. Andrew Hosken reports. Carol ...
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Today: 0822 Strictly Sergeant 20 Nov 08
Was John Sergeant bullied into leaving the dance floor or was he right to quit Strictly Come Dancing? Jim Moir, former head of light entertainment at the BBC, and Kevin O'Sullivan, television critic of the Daily Mirror, debate the implications of the dancing debacle.
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Today: 0810 Retail in the downturn 20 Nov 08
Andy Street, managing director of John Lewis, and Sir Philip Green, who owns BHS and the Arcadia Group, discuss how the economic downturn is affecting UK retail.
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Today: 0850 Breaking the mafia code 19 Nov 08
The Italian film Gomorra, depicting the destructive workings of the Neapolitan criminal organisation, the Camorra, is based on a book by the Italian writer Roberto Saviano. The Camorra now says it wants him dead by Christmas. Increasingly it is brave individuals - not the Italian state - who are tak ...
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Today: 0810 Law 'will help trafficked women' 19 Nov 08
Across the UK, paying for sex with a prostitute is legal. But the law in England and Wales is set to change - the government is proposing a change to make it illegal to pay for sex with a prostitute working to benefit someone else who is controlling them. Crucially, the onus is on the client to know ...
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Today: 0717 Pirates 18 Nov 08
Pirates who seized a giant Saudi-owned oil tanker are heading towards a port in Somalia. The Foreign Office has confirmed that two of those on board are British. The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, said last night he was stunned by how far from the coast the ship had b ...
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Today: 0810 Shimon Peres 18 Nov 08
Across Europe there are efforts to breathe life into a "peace process" between Israel and the Palestinians which has been dormant. The Israeli President, Shimon Peres, discusses how to revitalise the peace process.
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Today: 0824 Frank Skinner defends 'elegant' swearing 17 Nov 08
Almost two-fifths of viewers support a total ban on swearing on television, according to a YouGov poll for the Sunday Times, and politicians and senior broadcasting figures such as ITV boss Michael Grade and Sir Terry Wogan have called for TV to clean up its act. Comedian Frank Skinner discusses whe ...
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Today: 0810 'To save the child you must save the family' 17 Nov 08
Behind the terrible case of Baby P lies the question of what social policy would work to reduce the number of children who are abused. Sue Berelowitz, the deputy children's commissioner for England and former conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith debate what the government should be doing to protect ...
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Today: 0830 Baby P 15th Nov 08
Andrew Hosken visits some of the places where the Government inquiry team are likely to look for answers to the case of Baby P and we talk to Sarah Harman, a leading family lawyer
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Today: 0810 Banks 15th Nov 08
Will Hutton and Michael Fallon MP talk about how we manage our investment in the banks
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Today: 0750 HBOS 15th Nov 08
Robert Peston talks us throught the issues HBOS face and we talk to Sir Peter Burt, former chief executive of Bank of Scotland
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Today: 0835 Ministers 'warned over Haringey' 14 Nov 08
A whistleblower warned the government of alleged failings in child protection in Haringey before Baby P died, it has emerged. Lawrence Davies, lawyer for former social worker Nevres Kemal, explains how his client warned of the risks to children in Haringey in February 2007. Mike Wardle, from the Gen ...
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Today: 0810 JCB to shed jobs amid downturn 14 Nov 08
Construction equipment firm JCB is to shed 398 jobs as a result of "the extreme deterioration in business levels and confidence around the world". Matthew Taylor, the chief executive, explains why.
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Today: 0820 'Accountability' pledge on Baby P 13 Nov 08
If child protection systems have been refined over the years, why is it that in Haringey, they couldn't help the 17-month-old boy who died as a result of abuse, despite 60 visits to his family by social workers? Children's Secretary Ed Balls wants a report on the council's handling of the case withi ...
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Today: 0810 BT to shed 10,000 jobs by March 13 Nov 08
This morning BT has announced 10,000 job cuts, mainly among agency workers, contractors and offshore staff. Andy Kerr, deputy general secretary of the CWU, and business editor Robert Peston discuss the current downturn.
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Today: 0745 Loch Ness monster 12 Nov 08
The first photograph which claimed to be of the Loch Ness monster was taken 75 years ago. Adrian Shine, leader of the Loch Ness project, discusses why the myth of Nessie survives to this day.
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Today: 0810 Child protection 12 Nov 08
The death of an at-risk 17-month-old baby following neglect and abuse has triggered a review into child protection in England, just eight years after a similar review following the death of Victoria Climbie in the same London borough. Joanna Nicolas, an independent trainer for child protection offic ...
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Today: 0810 David Cameron 11 Nov 08
Conservative leader David Cameron is to unveil tax plans, which, he says, will create 350,000 new jobs. He says plans to cut taxes would not add to government borrowing.
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