Politics Weekly
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In this week's audio programme: with economic growth negative once more, what will Labour's new shadow chancellor add to the debate on the nation's finances? Plus the reform of anti-terrorism laws and Barack Obama's state of the union speech
Tempers are running high in the House of Lords as Labour peers attempt to block plans to redraw constituency boundaries and hold a referendum on the voting system. And things are no less heated in the Commons, where the bill to reform the NHS got its first outing
Jackie Ashley, Martin Kettle and Martin Wainwright discuss a busy week in politics as Labour win the first electoral battle of the new year
Rafael Behr, Natalie Hanman, Hugh Muir and Michael White discuss the big political stories of the week and pick their people to watch in 2011
Jackie Ashley, Rafael Behr, Michael White and Julian Glover discuss a tumultuous year in British politics and look ahead to 2011
The government won a tight vote on raising university tuition fees as a split Lib Dem party was forced to backtrack on a key election pledge. Our expert panel discusses the political fallout
Jonathan Powell and Heather Brooke discuss WikiLeaks and how governments keep secrets in a digital age
Michael Gove's reform package for schools was overshadowed by more protests against tuition fee rises. Jonathan Freedland, Julian Astle and Rafael Behr discuss the week in politics
Should government measure national happiness? And what effect will a royal wedding have on a population buffeted by economic anxieties? Seumas Milne, Madeleine Bunting and Mark Williamson discuss
Conservative MP Jesse Norman joins Guardian columnists Julian Glover and Polly Toynbee to discuss the week's political news
Will the 'squeezed middle' in the UK rise up against the coalition? Allegra Stratton and guests look into the crystal ball. And how will the government resolve the forthcoming 'car crash' on control orders?
Will the coalition adhere to its plans to cut housing benefit - potentially displacing hundreds of thousands of poorer people?
Our team of experts discusses the winners and losers in the government's comprehensive spending review
We look at Nick Clegg's struggle to keep his party together over tuition fees, Ed Miliband's debut as Labour leader at PMQs, and the handbag-shaped shadow hovering over the coalition, as Margaret Thatcher turns 85
Hours of preparation go into a keynote speech at a party conference, but who listens? And what do they hear? Anne Perkins, Nick Cohen and Michael White round up the week in politics
