Politics Weekly

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Tom Clark is joined by Polly Toynbee, Michael White and Larry Elliott to debate the mark Margaret Thatcher leaves on the world

John Harris, Polly Toynbee and Martin Kettle join Tom Clark to discuss the way the welfare state is being reconfigured by the coalition government

Rafael Behr, Andrew Gimson and Toby Helm join Hugh Muir to discuss the departure of David Miliband; the Boris Johnson BBC documentary; and the politics of replacing crisis loans with US-style 'food stamps'

Andrew Rawnsley, Michael White and Phillip Inman join Tom Clark to discuss Cyprus's financial crisis, George Osborne's budget, and the deal on press regulation

Larry Elliott, Andrew Lilico and Duncan Weldon look at George Osborne's options for next week's budget and how much of the heavy economic lifting is being delegated to the Bank of England. Plus Jonathan Watts on the one-sided referendum in the Falklands

Nick Cohen, Seumas Milne and Anne Perkins discuss the legacy of the Iraq war as we approach the ten year anniversary, the death of Venezuela president Hugo Chavez and the pre-Budget coalition negotiations

Michael White, Jonathan Isaby and Prateek Buch join Tom Clark to discuss the Eastleigh byelection, which was won by the Liberal Democrats. Plus Lizzy Davies in Rome explains the baffling result in the Italian election

Peter Kellner, James Ball, Juliette Jowit and Mark Pack join Tom Clark to discuss the 28 February Eastleigh byelection - a Tory/Lib Dem marginal. Plus: the merits of a mansion tax

Polly Toynbee, Sean Worth, Shiv Malik and Andrew Brown join Tom Clark to discuss the political implications of the horsemeat scandal, social care for the elderly and the election of the new pope

Giles Fraser, Polly Toynbee and Max Wind-Cowie join Hugh Muir to discuss the gay marriage bill in parliament; Michael Gove's GCSE u-turn; the Eastleigh byelection; and what makes a good political book

Shaun Bailey, Heather Stewart and Martin Kettle join Hugh Muir to discuss the government's proposals on childcare, rumours of a Conservative 'stalking horse' and how the party can better appeal to black and minority ethnic voters

Simon Jenkins, Rafael Behr and Andrew Gimson join Tom Clark to discuss David Cameron's promise of an EU referendum. Plus: should Britain be reducing the size of its army?

Sunder Katwala, Gaby Hinsliff, Henry McDonald and Martin Kettle join Tom Clark to discuss David Cameron's European speech; whether we're all working class now; and disturbances in Belfast

Aditya Chakrabortty, Martin Kettle and Hopi Sen join Tom Clark to discuss this week's welfare debate and the coalition's mid-term review. Plus: the panel makes its political predictions for 2013