18/03/2012
Carolyn Quinn asks the political editor of the Financial Times, George Parker, what he thinks will be in the Budget.
Carolyn Quinn asks the political editor of the Financial Times, George Parker, what he thinks will be in the Budget.
The Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George responds to speculation that the Chancellor will announce he will scrap the 50p top rate of tax. He also attacks Mr Osborne's suggestion that pay in the public sector should take account of regional pay levels in the private sector.
Two MPs take part in the weekly live debate - the Conservative Andrea Leadsom and Labour's Chris Leslie.
Leala Padmanabhan reports on the growth in the number of backbench groups in the parliamentary Conservative Party. And she discovers that so-called 'modernisers' in the party hope to defeat MPs from the Right in elections to the backbench 1922 Committee.
Programme Editor: Terry Dignan.
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