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15/01/2012

Carolyn Quinn talks to Paul Waugh of PoliticsΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.com about the week's big political stories.

Carolyn Quinn talks to Paul Waugh of PoliticsΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.com about the week's big political stories.

Conservative MP Elizabeth Truss, Labour MP Willie Bain and SNP MP Stewart Hosie join our live panel. The debate the arguments over the proposed referendum on Scottish independence, the coalition's welfare reform plans and Labour's new strategy on spending cuts.

John Beesley reports on the referendums in 11 English cities on whether the local councils should be run by elected mayors. We hear the views of politicians in Coventry and Sheffield and from a leading expert on local government at the London School of Economics.

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Sun 15 Jan 2012 22:00

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